Cobridge railway station

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

Cobridge railway station was located on the Potteries Loop Line and served the Cobridge area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The station was located between Elder Road and Sandbach Road. [2]

The station closed in 1964 when the passenger service on the Loop was withdrawn. The trackbed is now a footpath and the tunnel, which was to the south of the station, has been filled in. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and 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. Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN   1-85895-204-2.
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