Keele railway station

Keele
Old railway bridge near to the station.
General information
Location	Keele, Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Coordinates	53°00′37″N2°18′05″W / 53.0102°N 2.3015°W / 53.0102; -2.3015
Grid reference	SJ798459
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1870	Opened as Keele Road [1]
1898	Renamed Keele [1]
7 May 1956	Closed to passengers [1]
9 January 1967	Closed to all traffic [2]
Location

Keele railway station served both the villages of Keele and Madeley Heath, in Staffordshire, England, between 1870 and 1967.

History

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; ^[1] it was renamed Keele in 1898.

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Passenger traffic at the station was withdrawn in 1956 and goods traffic was withdrawn in January 1967, when the station closed altogether.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. ^[5]

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
Terminus		North Staffordshire Railway Audley Branch Line		Leycett Line closed, station closed

The site today

The station building is no longer extant. The tracks between Silverdale and Pipe Gate remain in place, but are overgrown and out of use.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

Citations

1. Quick (2009), p. 229.
2. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 305.
3. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 300.
4. Jeuda (2010), p. 147.
5. {>cite web |url=https://www.keele.ac.uk/thekeeleoralhistoryproject/railwaysatkeele/ |title=Railways at Keele |work=Keele University |access-date=19 December 2025}}

Sources

• Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN   0-7153-5121-4.
• Jeuda, Basil (2010). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. Vol. 1. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN   978-1899889-48-8.
• 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.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 87-88. ISBN   9781908174673. OCLC   913791564.