Plans for a railway station in the town were first announced by the North Staffordshire Railway on 30 April 1845.[19] Congleton was to be the terminus of a planned line to Colwich,via Burslem and Stoke-on-Trent;this route was to be called the Pottery Line.[19]
The Stafford-Manchester line from Stoke-on-Trent to Congleton was opened on 9 October 1848 by the North Staffordshire Railway;the station opened on the same day.[6] There was only one sets of lines that had been built between Congleton and Harecastle;this meant that approaching trains had to receive a signal from the station master before entering.[20] Some North Staffordshire Railway through trains used the Potteries Loop Line.[21]
The North Staffordshire Railway ran a limited number of passenger trains Monday-Saturday between Congleton and Uttoxeter,calling at stations on the Potteries Loop line.[nb 2]
Biddulph Valley line:[10] passenger services were withdrawn on 11 July 1927.[10] Despite this,the London Midland and Scottish Railway ran special services along it at the beginning of August each year.[24]
The station buildings were demolished and rebuilt in 1966,as part of the modernisation and electrification programme of the West Coast Main Line;[8] the signal box and level crossing were also removed.[25]
After the closure of the goods yard at Brunswick Wharf in Buglawton on 1 April 1968,[26][27] sand was delivered by train to the station instead.[28]
On 27 December 1864,there was a collision between a London and North Western Railway goods engine and van with a North Staffordshire Railway passenger train at Congleton junction,where the Biddulph Valley line joined the Stafford-Manchester line.[37]
On 17 February 1899,there was a collision of two trains.[38]
On 19 January 2006,a Virgin CrossCountry Voyager train caught fire at Congleton.[39]
Facilities
Entrance to the station in 2010
The station has a staffed ticket office which is open on weekdays and Saturday mornings,with two self-service ticket machines available for ticket purchases at other times as well as modern help points on both platforms. There is a chargeable car park and bicycle storage available. Step-free access is available to both of the platforms.[40]
There is a waiting room on the southbound platform;[33] however,this is boarded up and closed to the public.
As part of the Congleton Transport Development Plan,Cheshire East Council has proposed improving the quality of the station buildings,and the cycling and parking facilities;the idea of a park and ride service has also been raised.[41][42]
1 2 3 4 5 Paul Shannon & John Hillmer (2003). British Railways Past and Present no 40 Cheshire. Kettering: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. p.101. ISBN1-85895-232-8.
1 2 3 Jeuda, Basil (11 July 2010). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS Days Volume 1. Lydney: Lightmore Press. p.41. ISBN978-1899889488.
1 2 Alcock, Joan P (15 March 2014). Congleton Though Time. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p.74. ISBN978-1445609768.
1 2 Hartless, Adrian (April 2019). "3.Eturia to Congleton". Lines North of Stoke to Crewe, Congleton and Leek. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN9781910356296. XXXIV.The goods station remained open until the end of 1976 and the warehouse was used afterwards as a permanent way store.
↑ Allan. C Baker (July 2000). An Illustrated History of Stoke and North Staffordshire's Railways. Irwell Press. p.37. ISBN1-903266-11-4.
↑ Barker, Allan C. (1 November 1987). The POTTERIES LOOP LINE An Illustrated History. Burton-On-Trent: Trent Valley Publications. p.72. ISBN0948131209.
↑ Barker, Allan C. (1 November 1987). The POTTERIES LOOP LINE An Illustrated History. Burton-On-Trent: Trent Valley Publications. p.101. ISBN0948131209.
↑ Jeuda, Basil (20 April 2014). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS Days Volume 3. Lydney: Lightmore Press. p.45. ISBN9781899889839.
↑ "Wharf Closes". Congleton Chronicle. 15 March 1968. p.10.
↑ Barker, Allan C. (1 November 1987). The POTTERIES LOOP LINE An Illustrated History. Burton-On-Trent: Trent Valley Publications. p.107. ISBN0948131209.
↑ "British Rail News: Network NorthWest". Journal of the Transport Ticket Society (317). Luton: Transport Ticket Society: 265. June 1990. ISSN0144-347X.
↑ Report of the Inspecting Officers of the Railway Department to the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade upon certain accidents which have occurred on Tye Railways. Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1864. pp.75–77.
↑ Report on the collision at Congleton station on 17th February 1899 North Staffordshire Railway. Board of Trade. 1899.
1 2 Stations in Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees are considered part of North East England, while stations in the unitary areas of York and North Yorkshire are considered part of Yorkshire and the Humber.
↑ Stations in North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire are considered part of Yorkshire and the Humber, while all other stations are considered part of the East Midlands.
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