Newcastle-under-Lyme railway station

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Newcastle-under-Lyme
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General information
Location Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, Newcastle-under-Lyme
England
Grid reference SJ852463
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
6 September 1852Opened
2 March 1964Closed

Newcastle-under-Lyme railway station was a railway station that served the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1852. [1]

Contents

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.

Present day

The site north of the station has been wiped away by new builds near the former Hartshill tunnel and Hartshill and Basford Halt. The cutting the station was located near has also been filled in and is now part of Station Walks which is a pedestrian and cyclist footpath but the tunnel and overbridges are still in place although a majority of the station site has been landscaped.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Brampton Halt
Line closed, station closed
  London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Stoke-Market Drayton Line
  Hartshill & Basford Halt
Line closed, station closed

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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.

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