Madeley railway station (Staffordshire)

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

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

The station was opened by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837. ^[2] 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

References

Notes

1. Quick (2009), p. 263.
2. Drake, James (1974) [1838]. Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway. Moorland Reprints. p. 43. ISBN   0903485257.

Sources

• 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 (2012). Stafford to Chester. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 37-38. ISBN   9781908174345. OCLC   830024480.