Bucknall and Northwood railway station

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Bucknall and Northwood
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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 / 53.023; -2.155 Coordinates: 53°01′23″N2°09′18″W / 53.023°N 2.155°W / 53.023; -2.155
Grid reference SJ896472
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1864Opened [1]
7 May 1956Closed to passengers [1]
4 June 1962Closed for goods [2]
Bucknall and Northwood station site (overgrown) in 2018 Bucknall and Northwood station site (overgrown) in 2018 .jpg
Bucknall and Northwood station site (overgrown) in 2018

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
 

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Quick 2009, p. 105.
  2. Christiansen & Miller 1971, p. 306.
  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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