Bucknall and Northwood railway station

Bucknall and Northwood
Bucknall and Northwood
	Bucknall and Northwood station immediately after closure in 1962
General information
Location	Bucknall, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent ; England
Coordinates	53°01′23″N2°09′18″W / 53.023°N 2.155°W Coordinates: 53°01′23″N2°09′18″W / 53.023°N 2.155°W
Grid reference	SJ896472
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway ; London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1864	Opened
7 May 1956	Closed to passengers
4 June 1962	Closed for goods

Last updated July 09, 2022

Bucknall and Northwood railway station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1864 to serve the Bucknall area of Stoke-on-Trent. Situated on the company's Biddulph Valley line, the station was served by passenger trains between Stoke and Congleton on the Biddulph Valley line and by trains between Stoke and Leek on the Stoke-Leek line. Passenger services on the Biddulph line ceased in 1927,^[3] but services on the Leek line continued until May 1956.^[3] After this date the station was still used for special and excursion trains until complete closure in 1962.^[1]

The line to Leek remained in use (as far as Leekbrook) until 1988 and the track remains in place and it is planned for the line to reopen under plans put forward by Moorland & City Railways.^[4]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Ford Green & Smallthorne Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Biddulph Valley line		Fenton Manor Line disused, station closed
Milton Line disused, station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Stoke–Leek line		Fenton Manor Line disused, station closed

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References

Notes

1 2 3 Quick 2009, p. 105.
↑ Christiansen & Miller 1971, p. 306.
1 2 Christiansen & Miller 1971, p. 304.
↑ "The Next steps: Leekbrook Junction to the Main Line at Stoke on Trent". The Re-Opening of the railway line from Stoke On Trent to Cauldon Lowe Railway Line. 2012. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

Sources

Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
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.

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[FOOTNOTEQuick2009105-1] 1 2 3 Quick 2009, p. 105.

[FOOTNOTEChristiansenMiller1971306-2] Christiansen & Miller 1971, p. 306.

[FOOTNOTEChristiansenMiller1971304-3] 1 2 Christiansen & Miller 1971, p. 304.

[4] "The Next steps: Leekbrook Junction to the Main Line at Stoke on Trent". The Re-Opening of the railway line from Stoke On Trent to Cauldon Lowe Railway Line. 2012. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

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