Hulme End railway station

Hulme End
The restored station building pictured in 2021
General information
Location	Hulme End, Staffordshire Moorlands England
Coordinates	53°07′51″N1°50′52″W / 53.1308°N 1.8477°W / 53.1308; -1.8477
Grid reference	SK102593
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
29 June 1904	Opened [1]
12 March 1934	Closed [1]
Location

Hulme End railway station is a disused railway station at Hulme End in Staffordshire, England.

The station was the terminus of the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway which ran 8+1⁄4 miles (13.3 km) from Waterhouses where it made a connection with the standard gauge Waterhouses branch line of the North Staffordshire Railway. ^[2]

Opened in 1904, the station had a single platform and a small goods yard with two sidings laid out for the use of transporter wagons, with a section of standard gauge track at the end of each siding. ^[3] The station was also the servicing and storage point for the line's locomotives and coaching stock with both a locomotive shed and a carriage shed being provided. ^[3]

The line became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 but the finances of the line were poor and the line closed in 1934. After closure, the route's right of way was acquired by Staffordshire County Council and the station site at Hulme End became a car park. ^[3] The station building was retained and, now restored, is used as a visitor information centre. ^[4]

The North Staffordshire Railway timetable and Bradshaw's from 1910 referred to Hulme End for Sheen and Hartington. Hartington railway station on the Ashbourne Line lay 3 miles (4.8 km) north east of Hulme End.

Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway
Legend
Hulme End Ecton Butterton Wetton Mill Redhurst Crossing Thor's Cave Grindon Beeston Tor Sparrowlee Waterhouses North Staffordshire Railway to Leek
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Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Terminus		Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway		Ecton Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. Quick (2009), p. 220.
2. Jeuda (2014), p. 171.
3. Manifold (1965), p. 65.
4. "Manifold Valley Information Point" . Retrieved 4 April 2015.

Sources

• Jeuda, Basil (2014). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. Vol. 3. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN   978-1899889-83-9.
• Manifold (1965). The Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway (2nd ed.). Truro, Cornwall: D Bradford Barton.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.