Keele railway station

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Keele
Old railway bridge near Keele railway station, tracks are still in situ but out of use..jpg
Old railway bridge near Keele railway station in December 2017
General information
Location Keele, Staffordshire
England
Coordinates 53°00′37″N2°18′05″W / 53.0102°N 2.3015°W / 53.0102; -2.3015
Grid reference SJ798459
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1870Opened as Keele Road [1]
1898Renamed Keele [1]
7 May 1956Closed to passengers [1]
9 January 1967Closed to all traffic [2]

Keele railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.

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The Stoke to Market Drayton Line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1870. [3] The station, then called Keele Road, was opened on the same day as the line opened. [1] In 1898 the station was renamed Keele.

The line through the station was singled in 1934 and the number of platforms reduced to one but the line through the disused platform was retained as a passing loop for goods trains. [4]

Passenger traffic at the station was withdrawn in 1956 and goods traffic was withdrawn in January 1967 when the station closed altogether. [2] The line through the station remained in use until the closure of Silverdale Colliery in 1998.

Present day[ when? ]

The tracks from Silverdale to Pipe Gate remain in place but overgrown and out of use.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Silverdale
Line closed, station closed
  North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke to Market Drayton Line
  Madeley Road
Line closed, station closed

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