Cobridge railway station

For the station in Northumberland, see Corbridge railway station.

Cobridge
Site of the station in 1983
General information
Location	Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Coordinates	53°02′19″N2°11′06″W / 53.0386°N 2.1850°W / 53.0386; -2.1850
Grid reference	SJ876490
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 October 1874	Opened [1]
2 March 1964	Closed [1]
Location

Cobridge railway station served the Cobridge area of Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, England, between 1874 and 1964. It was a stop on the Potteries Loop Line, which connected Stoke-on-Trent with Mow Cop and Scholar Green. ^[2]

History

The North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) opened the station in 1874, along with the second section of the Potteries Loop Line. It was located between Elder Road and Sandbach Road. ^[3]

By the time of grouping in 1923, the NSR merged into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), which lasted until 1948.

In 1948, the station and the line moved under the London Midland Region of British Railways. Diesel multiple units were introduced on to the line at the end of the 1950s, as part of a modernisation programme.

Cobridge station was recommended listed for closure in the Beeching Report of 1963. It was closed in 1964, when the passenger service on the Loop was withdrawn.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Burslem Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Potteries Loop Line		Waterloo Road Line and station closed

The site today

As of 2025, the bridge and steps that led to the platform are extant. The trackbed is now a footpath and the tunnel, which was to the south of the station, was infilled in 1969.^{[ citation needed ]}

In popular culture

Local Stoke-on-Trent author Arnold Bennett, himself from Cobridge, would remember the station and mention it in his books; examples included "Anna of the Five Towns" (1902) and "The Old Wives' Tale" (1908). ^{[4] [5]}

References

Citations

1. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 130. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.
2. "Railways of Stoke-on-Trent - Potteries Loop Line: Cobridge station". Thepotteries.org. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
3. Oppitz, Leslie (2006). Lost Railways of Staffordshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN   978-1-85306-992-5.
4. Drabble, p.4
5. Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN   1-85895-204-2.

Sources

• Drabble, Margaret (1974). Arnold Bennett . London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN   978-0-297-76733-6.