Madeley Road railway station

Madeley Road
General information
Location	Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England
Coordinates	52°58′38″N2°20′04″W / 52.9771°N 2.3344°W / 52.9771; -2.3344
Grid reference	SJ776422
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
October 1870	Opened as Madeley [1]
May 1871	Renamed Madeley Manor [1]
August 1871	Renamed Madeley Road
20 July 1931	Closed [1]
Location

Madeley Road railway station served the area of Madeley, in Staffordshire, England, between 1870 and 1931.

History

The Stoke to Market Drayton Line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1870; ^[2] the station called simply Madeley was opened on the line in the same year. Within a few months, the station was renamed Madeley Manor; this was possibly to avoid confusion with the LNWR station that was, at least, on the edge of Madeley. It was so named after the nearby abandoned house of Madeley Old Manor. By August 1871, the name had been changed again to Madeley Road. ^[1]

The station had no goods facilities and, due to its rural location, passenger use was low. In 1931, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) closed the station. ^[3] The station's low usage is indicated by the LMS estimate that only £92 per year was saved by its closure. ^[3]

The line through the station remained in use until the closure of Silverdale Colliery in 1998. ^[4]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Keele Line closed, station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Stoke to Market Drayton Line		Pipe Gate Line closed, station closed

The site today

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

References

Citations

1. Quick (2009), p. 263.
2. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 300.
3. Jeuda (2010), p. 136.
4. "Railways at Keele". Keele University. Retrieved 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. 93-95. ISBN   9781908174673. OCLC   913791564.