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

Newcastle-under-Lyme railway station served the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Staffordshire, England, between 1852 and 1964.

History

The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1852. ^[1]

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

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 tunnel and overbridges are still in situ, although the majority of the station site has been demolished and landscaped.

The site north of the station has been wiped away by new builds, near to the former Hartshill tunnel and Hartshill & Basford Halt.

The cutting has also been filled in and much of the trackbed forms part of Station Walks, a shared-use path.

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.

Further reading

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