Biddulph railway station

Biddulph
Biddulph station in 1962
General information
Location	Biddulph, Staffordshire Moorlands England
Coordinates	53°07′17″N2°10′49″W / 53.1214°N 2.1802°W / 53.1214; -2.1802
Grid reference	SJ881583
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 June 1864	Opened as Gillow Heath
1 May 1897	Renamed Biddulph
11 July 1927	Closed to passengers
5 October 1964	Closed to all traffic
Location

Biddulph railway station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1864; it served the town of Biddulph, in Staffordshire, England, until its closure in 1964.

History

Originally named Gillow Heath, the station was renamed Biddulph on 1 May 1897. ^[1] It was a stop on the Biddulph Valley line that ran from a junction just north of Congleton on the Stoke-on-Trent – Macclesfield line to a junction south of Stoke-on-Trent station.

Passenger traffic was withdrawn from the station on 11 July 1927, ^[2] but freight traffic continued until 5 October 1964. ^[3]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Mossley Halt Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Biddulph Valley line		Knypersley Halt Line and station closed

The site today

Biddulph station in 2020

Parts of the station platform are extant and one of the original buildings is now a private residence. The trackbed now forms the Biddulph Valley Way.

References

1. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.
2. Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. p. 256. ISBN   0-7153-5121- 4.
3. Clinker, C.R. (1988). Clinker's Register of closed passenger stations and good depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Weston-super-Mare: Avon-Anglia. p. 12. ISBN   0-905466-91-8.