Liverpool Road Halt railway station

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Liverpool Road Halt
Liverpool Road Halt.jpg
Liverpool Road Halt, now part of a greenway and pedestrian underpass.
Location Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, Newcastle-under-Lyme
England
Coordinates 53°01′02″N2°13′47″W / 53.0171°N 2.2297°W / 53.0171; -2.2297 Coordinates: 53°01′02″N2°13′47″W / 53.0171°N 2.2297°W / 53.0171; -2.2297
Grid reference SJ846466
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
1 May 1905Opened
2 March 1964Closed

Liverpool Road Halt railway station was a railway station located in the north of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. It was opened in 1905 by the North Staffordshire Railway in connection with the introduction of railmotor services. [1]

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The station had two short wooden platforms and was accessed via steps leading down from an overbridge on Liverpool Road, which now forms part of the A34. [2]

Unlike most of the other halts on the line it survived until the withdrawal of passenger services in 1964. [1] Although the platforms are long gone the trackbed can still be followed.

Present Day

The site of the halt now being occupied by a pedestrian underpass. [2]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Knutton Halt
Line and station closed
  North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke-Market Drayton Line
  Brampton Halt
Line and station closed

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References

  1. 1 2 Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   0-7153-5121-4.
  2. 1 2 Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN   1-85895-204-2.

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