Cliffe Park railway station

Cliffe Park
Cliffe Park
	Site of the station in 1986
Location	Rudyard, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands ; England
Coordinates	53°08′44″N2°05′24″W / 53.1456°N 2.0900°W Coordinates: 53°08′44″N2°05′24″W / 53.1456°N 2.0900°W
Grid reference	SJ940609
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 May 1905	Opened as Rudyard Lake
1 April 1926	Name changed to Cliffe Park
28 September 1936	Renamed Cliffe Park Halt
7 November 1960	Closed

Last updated April 12, 2021

Cliffe Park railway station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1905 on the Churnet Valley line to attract visitors to Rudyard Lake (actually a reservoir), which the NSR were trying to develop as a leisure and tourist attraction including a golf course.^[2] The station was originally named Rudyard Lake and was at the northern end of the lake. There were no settlements nearby and consequently the station had no goods facilities. There was one siding but this was used more for stabling excursion trains rather than freight vehicles.^[2]

In 1926 the London, Midland and Scottish Railway renamed the station Cliffe Park and at the same time Rudyard, the next station to the south, was renamed Rudyard Lake. Cliffe Park was the name of the hall that had previously been the clubhouse of the golf course and stood on the opposite side of the lake from the station.

The station remained open until passenger services were withdrawn from the northern end of the Churnet valley line (North Rode – Leek) in 1960.^[3]

Route

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Rushton		North Staffordshire Railway Churnet Valley Line		Rudyard

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References

Notes

1 2 3 4 Quick 2009, p. 128.
1 2 Jeuda 1999, pp. 58–59.
↑ Christiansen & Miller 1971, p. 304.

Source

Christiansen, Rex; Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
Jeuda, Basil (1999). The Churnet Valley Railway. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1-899889-05-1.
Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

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[FOOTNOTEQuick2009128-1] 1 2 3 4 Quick 2009, p. 128.

[FOOTNOTEJeuda199958–59-2] 1 2 Jeuda 1999, pp. 58–59.

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

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