Madeley railway station (Staffordshire)

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Madeley
Madeley railway station geograph-2163420.jpg
A train passing the site of the station in 1962
General information
LocationNewcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
England
Coordinates 52°59′29″N2°20′20″W / 52.9915°N 2.3389°W / 52.9915; -2.3389 Coordinates: 52°59′29″N2°20′20″W / 52.9915°N 2.3389°W / 52.9915; -2.3389
Grid reference SJ773438
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Grand Junction Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
4 July 1837Opened [1]
4 February 1952Closed [1]

Madeley railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.

The station was opened by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837. [2] :43 It closed in 1952. [1]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Whitmore
Line open, station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Grand Junction Railway
  Betley Road
Line open, station closed

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Quick (2009), p. 263.
  2. Drake, James (1838). Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1838). Moorland Reprints. ISBN   0903485257.
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