Biddulph is a town in Staffordshire,England,8.5 miles (14 km) north of Stoke-on-Trent and 4.5 miles (7 km) south-east of Congleton,Cheshire.
Crewe railway station serves the railway town of Crewe,in Cheshire,England. It opened in 1837 and is one of the most historically significant railway stations in the world.
The North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) was a British railway company formed in 1845 to promote a number of lines in the Staffordshire Potteries and surrounding areas in Staffordshire,Cheshire,Derbyshire and Shropshire.
Kidsgrove railway station serves the town of Kidsgrove in Staffordshire,England. The station is 7.5 miles (12.07 km) north of Stoke-on-Trent. The station is served by trains on the Crewe–Derby line which is also a community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway.
Congleton railway station is a mainline station serving the Cheshire market town of Congleton. It lies on the Stafford-Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom.
Stoke-on-Trent railway station is a mainline railway station serving the city of Stoke-on-Trent,on the Stafford to Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line. It also provides an interchange between local services running through Cheshire,Staffordshire and Derbyshire.
Uttoxeter railway station serves the town of Uttoxeter,Staffordshire,England. It is on the Crewe–Derby line,which is also a Community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway.
Rose Hill Marple is one of two railway stations that serve Marple in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport,England;the other is Marple railway station. The station,which opened in 1869,is the last surviving stop on the former Macclesfield,Bollington and Marple Railway (MB&MR). It is connected via a short branch to the Hope Valley Line. The original line to Macclesfield was closed in January 1970,leaving Rose Hill Marple as the terminus of the route;the Middlewood Way,a shared-use path,now follows the preserved route of the disused MB&MR.
The Stafford–Manchester line is a major railway line branching from the West Coast Main Line serving Stafford,Stone,Stoke-on-Trent,Kidsgrove,Congleton,Macclesfield,Cheadle Hulme,Stockport and Manchester.
The Macclesfield,Bollington and Marple Railway (MB&MR) was a railway line between Macclesfield and Marple,England;it was 11 miles in length. The route was opened jointly by the Manchester,Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) and the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1869. It was part of an alternative link between Manchester and destinations south of Macclesfield. The line was closed in 1970 and its route now forms the Middlewood Way,a trail used by walkers,cyclists and horse riders.
The Churnet Valley line was one of the three original routes planned and built by the North Staffordshire Railway. Authorised in 1846,the line opened in 1849 and ran from North Rode in Cheshire to Uttoxeter in East Staffordshire. The line was closed in several stages between 1964 and 1988 but part of the central section passed into the hands of a preservation society and today operates as the Churnet Valley Railway.
Macclesfield Hibel Road railway station was a railway station serving the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire,England. It was opened as a joint station by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) and the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) on 13 July 1849,with the opening of the NSR route to Uttoxeter via North Rode and Leek and it replaced an earlier,temporary,LNWR station at Beech Bridge. Built right at the point where the track of the two companies made an end-on junction,the station was managed by a joint committee of the two companies.
The Stone to Colwich Line is a 11.7 miles (18.8 km) long railway line in Staffordshire which serves as a cut-off for West Coast Main Line services to Manchester Piccadilly. This route goes direct from Rugeley Trent Valley to Stoke-on-Trent,not going via Stafford.
Bollington railway station was a railway station serving the town of Bollington in Cheshire,England. It was opened in 1869 by the Macclesfield,Bollington and Marple Railway (MB&M) - a joint line constructed and operated by the Manchester,Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&L) and North Staffordshire Railways (NSR). The passenger station was on the north side of Grimshaw Lane,with a goods yard on the south side.
Higher Poynton was a railway station serving the eastern side of the town of Poynton in Cheshire,England. It was opened in 1869 by the Macclesfield,Bollington and Marple Railway (MB&M) - a joint line constructed and operated by the Manchester,Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&L) and North Staffordshire Railways (NSR).
Middlewood Higher was a railway station located near to the village of High Lane in Cheshire,England. It was opened in 1879 by the Macclesfield,Bollington and Marple Railway (MB&M) –a joint line constructed and operated by the Manchester,Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&L) and North Staffordshire Railways (NSR).
High Lane railway station served the village of High Lane in Greater Manchester,England. It was a stop on the Macclesfield,Bollington and Marple Railway.
Macclesfield railway station was a short lived railway station serving the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire,England. It was opened in 1869 by the Macclesfield,Bollington and Marple Railway (MB&M) - a joint line constructed and operated by the Manchester,Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&L) and North Staffordshire Railways (NSR) - and closed in 1873.
The Biddulph Valley line was a double tracked line that ran from Stoke-on-Trent to Brunswick Wharf in Congleton. The line was named after the town of the same name as it ran via the Staffordshire Moorlands and covered areas of East Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Brunswick Wharf was a railway goods yard in Buglawton,Congleton.
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