Kingsley and Froghall railway station

Kingsley and Froghall
Station on Churnet Valley Railway
Kingsley and Froghall station
General information
Location	Froghall and Kingsley, Staffordshire Moorlands England
Coordinates	53°01′15″N1°57′50″W / 53.0208°N 1.964°W / 53.0208; -1.964
Grid reference	SK024471
Operated by	Churnet Valley Railway
Platforms	2
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1849	Opened as Froghall [1]
1 July 1907	Renamed Kingsley and Froghall [2]
4 January 1965	Closed [1]
11 August 2001	reopened
Location

Kingsley and Froghall is a railway station serving the villages of Froghall and Kingsley in Staffordshire, England. It is the southern terminus of the Churnet Valley Railway.

History

Kingsley and Froghall station, situated on the Churnet Valley Line of the North Staffordshire Railway, was opened to both passengers and goods on 1 September 1849.

The station was a busy country station serving the needs of workers at nearby Thomas Bolton's copper refinery.

As with many UK railways, passenger numbers in the 1960s decreased to such an extent that the station was closed to both passengers and goods in 1965.

Re-opening and the Churnet Valley Railway

Plaque marking the re-opening of Kingsley and Froghall railway station

During the 1970s, a railway preservation base was set up at nearby Cheddleton station; later, this was to become the base of the Churnet Valley Railway (CVR). The CVR had been progressing slowly in preserving the line when, in the late 1990s, they had reached the station site. After closure by British Rail, the station buildings had been demolished. Initial rebuilding of the station resulted in the down platform reopening for passengers on 11 August 2001. Construction began later on the new station building, which opened on 20 September 2003.

Since 2003, more work has been done on the station to make the site as complete as the nearby Consall. Initially, this involved resurfacing the down platform and adding fences, a few small buildings, and station furniture. With this side now relatively complete, attention has been turned to the second (up) platform where the overhang on the canal and associated fences have been rebuilt, along with walls and the large waiting shelter but as of 2012 ^[update] , this platform is not in use.

The station is the southern limit of passenger operations on the line.

Notes

1. 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.
2. "Minute No. 6232". Minutes of Meeting of the Superintendents' Conference (Report). London: Railway Clearing House. 2 July 1907. (Unpublished).

External links

• Churnet Valley Railway homepage Archived 23 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Consall		Churnet Valley Railway		Terminus
	Historical railways
Consall		North Staffordshire Railway Churnet Valley Line		Oakamoor