Market Street Halt railway station

Market Street Halt
Site of Market Street Halt
General information
Location	Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, Newcastle-Under-Lyme England
Coordinates	53°05′11″N2°14′15″W / 53.0864°N 2.2374°W / 53.0864; -2.2374
Grid reference	SJ842543
Line(s)	Potteries Loop Line
Platforms	1
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 July 1909	Opened [1]
25 September 1950	Closed [1]
Location

Market Street Halt was a halt that served the town of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England. It was opened in 1909 and located on the Potteries Loop Line of the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR). ^[2] At first it was used by trains in both directions but was later served only by northbound trains due to the severe gradient, being a 1 in 40 climb southbound. ^[2]

Although only a halt, it had a considerable length of platform and modest wooden buildings, plus an old NSR carriage used as a waiting room. ^[3]

Like the first Loop Line station Waterloo Road which closed to passengers in 1943 and 1966-69 to goods and oil traffic Kidsgrove Market Street Halt itself the second Loop Line Station closed in 1950 to passengers and goods until the Birchenwood factory closed in 1973 and Park Farm from Newchapel and Goldenhill closed in 1976 and then the line was lifted by 1977 and the trackbed is now part of the Potteries Greenway. ^[4]

References

1. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 231. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.
2. Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. David & Charles. p. 124. ISBN   0-7153-5121-4.
3. Jeuda, Basil (1986). Memories of the North Staffordshire Railway. Chester: Cheshire Libraries. p. 62. ISBN   0-904532-21-6.
4. Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN   1-85895-204-2.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Kidsgrove Liverpool Road Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Potteries Loop Line		Newchapel and Goldenhill Line and station closed