Liverpool Road Halt railway station

This article is about the former railway station in Newcastle-under-Lyme. For other uses, see Liverpool Road railway station.

Liverpool Road Halt
Liverpool Road Halt, now part of a greenway and pedestrian underpass.
General information
Location	Newcastle-under-Lyme, Borough of Newcastle under Lyme England
Coordinates	53°01′02″N2°13′47″W / 53.0171°N 2.2297°W / 53.0171; -2.2297
Grid reference	SJ846466
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 May 1905	Opened
2 March 1964	Closed
Location

Liverpool Road Halt railway station was a railway station that served both the Cross Heath and northern suburbs of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It was opened in 1905 by the North Staffordshire Railway in connection with the introduction of railmotor services. ^[1]

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 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

References

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

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 72. ISBN   9781908174673. OCLC   913791564.