Newcastle-under-Lyme railway station

Newcastle-under-Lyme
General information
Location	Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England
Grid reference	SJ852463
Platforms	2
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
6 September 1852	Opened
2 March 1964	Closed
Location

Newcastle-under-Lyme railway station served the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Staffordshire, England, between 1852 and 1964. It was a stop on the Stoke to Market Drayton Line.

History

The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1852, on the line between Stoke-on-Trent and Market Drayton. ^[1]

The station was located on King Street, opposite the Borough Arms Hotel. A small goods yard was located on Water Street. ^[2]

The station was recommended for closure in the Beeching Report of 1963, along with Silverdale and Liverpool Road Halt. It was closed on 2 March 1964. ^[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Brampton Halt Line closed, station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Stoke-Market Drayton Line		Hartshill & Basford Halt Line closed, station closed

The site today

The station has been demolished and landscaped, but the parapet wall, part of the over bridge which is located across the Borough Arms Hotel, is extant.

The former trackbed north of the station has been built over, near to the former Hartshill tunnel and Hartshill and Basford Halt. The cutting has also been filled in and much of the trackbed forms part of Station Walks, a shared-use path used regularly by walkers and bikers. ^[3]

References

1. Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN   1-85895-204-2.
2. "Staffordshire Past Track: Newcastle Railway Station". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
3. "Station Walks, also known as The Bramptons, Newcastle-under-Lyme". Parks & Gardens. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 70-71. ISBN   9781908174673. OCLC   913791564.