Newchapel and Goldenhill railway station

Newchapel & Goldenhill
The site of the closed station in 2018
General information
Location	Newchapel / Goldenhill, Staffordshire, Newcastle-Under-Lyme England
Coordinates	53°04′49″N2°12′29″W / 53.0804°N 2.2081°W / 53.0804; -2.2081
Grid reference	SJ861537
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
1 October 1874	Opened [1]
2 March 1964	Closed [1]
Location

Newchapel and Goldenhill railway station was a station on the Potteries Loop Line located between the villages of Newchapel and Goldenhill in Staffordshire, England, in what is now Packmoor. ^[2]

Opened in 1874 the station was known simply as Goldenhill (sometimes referred to as Golden Hill) until November 1912 when it was renamed Newchapel and Goldenhill. ^[1]

The station closed to passengers in 1964 along with the rest of the Loop. The trackbed is now a walkway but part of the platform edging is still in existence. ^[3]

References

1. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 289. 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. 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
Market Street Halt Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Potteries Loop Line		Pitts Hill Line and station closed