Blythe Bridge railway station

Blythe Bridge
An East Midlands Railway Class 170 DMU arriving at Blythe Bridge railway station in December 2020
General information
Location	Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire Moorlands England
Grid reference	SJ956411
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BYB
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Pre-grouping	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
7 August 1848	Opened as "Blyth Bridge" [1]
1907	Renamed "Blythe Bridge" [2]
Passengers
2019/20	91,124
Meir Line open, station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Crewe to Derby Line		Cresswell Line open, station closed

Foxfield Railway

The station is situated 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) south of Caverswall Road railway station, the current southern terminus of the Foxfield Railway.

References

1. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 91. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.>
2. "Minute No. 6232". Minutes of Meeting of the Superintendents' Conference (Report). London: Railway Clearing House. 2 July 1907. (Unpublished).
3. "Impact: Station Improvements coming soon" (PDF). East Midlands Trains. September 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. Table 50 National Rail timetable, May 2022

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Derby to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 52-57. ISBN   9781908174932. OCLC   954271104.

External links

• Train times and station information for Blythe Bridge railway station from National Rail
• Page with more info on the station Archived 18 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Railways in Draycott
• Photographs of the old station buildings
• Photograph of Blythe Bridge Signal Box

52°58′05″N2°04′01″W / 52.968°N 2.067°W / 52.968; -2.067