Black Bull railway station

Black Bull
The remains of station photographed in 1962
General information
Location	Brown Lees and Brindley Ford, Staffordshire Moorlands and Stoke-on-Trent England
Coordinates	53°05′33″N2°11′00″W / 53.0925°N 2.1833°W / 53.0925; -2.1833
Grid reference	SJ878550
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 [1]
11 July 1927	Closed to passenger traffic [1]
6 January 1964	Closed to all traffic [2]
Location

Black Bull railway station served both the village of Brown Lees and the Stoke-on-Trent suburb of Brindley Ford, in Staffordshire, England.

History

The station was opened in 1864 by the North Staffordshire Railway on the company's Biddulph Valley Line. The line had opened in 1860 and was primarily concerned with mineral traffic, mostly coal and ironstone from the collieries and ironworks along the Biddulph Valley. ^[3] Passenger services were of a much lesser interest to the NSR so it was not until a few years later that a number of stations were opened supported by an infrequent number of passenger trains.

Passenger traffic was never intensive and, by 1922, all the places along the valley were better served by bus services. ^[3] Consequently, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway withdrew the passenger services in 1927. ^[4] Facilities for goods traffic remained until 1964. ^[2]

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

References

Citations

1. Quick (2009), p. 87.
2. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 306.
3. Jeuda (2014), p. 45.
4. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 256.

Sources

• Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN   0-7153-5121-4.
• Jeuda, Basil (2014). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. Vol. 3. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN   978-1899889-83-9.
• 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.