Mow Cop and Scholar Green railway station

Mow Cop and Scholar Green
General information
Location	Mow Cop, Cheshire East England
Coordinates	53°07′08″N2°14′04″W / 53.1188°N 2.2345°W / 53.1188; -2.2345
Grid reference	SJ843579
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway [1]
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
c. January 1849	Opened as Mow Cop [2]
c. 1897–8	Renamed Mow Cop (Scholar Green) [2]
1905	Platforms extended [3]
1923	Renamed Mow Cop and Scholar Green [2]
7 September 1964 (1964-09-07)	Closed [2]
Location

Mow Cop and Scholar Green railway station was a station on the North Staffordshire Railway between Stoke-on-Trent and Congleton. It served the village of Mow Cop.

The line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 9 October 1848 but the station at Mow Cop did not open until the beginning of January 1849. ^[2] It closed in 1964 and was immortalised that year in the song Slow Train by Flanders and Swann. ^[4]

The signal box survived in use until 2002, and is now preserved privately in the village. ^[5]

Preceding station		Historical railways		Following station
Congleton Line and station open		North Staffordshire Railway Stafford–Manchester line		Kidsgrove Line and station open
		North Staffordshire Railway Potteries Loop Line		Kidsgrove Liverpool Road Line and station closed

References

1. Paul Shannon & John Hillmer (2003). British Railways Past and Present no 40 Cheshire. Kettering: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. p. 100. ISBN   1-85895-232-8.
2. Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 325. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
3. Jeuda, Basil (1 May 1996). THE KNOTTY An Illustrated Survey Of The North Staffordshire Railway. Lightmoor Press. p. 28. ISBN   1899889019.
4. Kerr, Michael, ed. (2011). Sunrise on the Southbound Sleeper: The New Telegraph Book of Great Railway Journeys. Aurum Press. p. 190. ISBN   978-1845136680.
5. "Mow Cop Signalbox" . Retrieved 15 November 2009.