Silverdale railway station (Staffordshire)

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Silverdale
Silverdale station site and the former colliery.jpg
The site of Silverdale station and the former Silverdale Colliery in December 2017, now the end of the greenway from Newcastle-under-Lyme. The platforms are all that remain in situ.
General information
Location Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire,
England
Coordinates 53°01′02″N2°16′33″W / 53.0172°N 2.2757°W / 53.0172; -2.2757
Grid reference SJ816467
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
May 1863Opened
2 March 1964Closed to passengers
1998Closure of Silverdale Colliery and to all stone traffic.

Silverdale railway station was a railway station that served the village of Silverdale, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1863 and closed to passengers in 1964. [1]

Contents

In its later years, the station was used by staff operating trains to and from the adjacent colliery. For this purpose, a large rail loader was built. [2]

Present day

Today, only the restored platforms are still in place. The station building has been rebuilt at the Apedale Heritage Centre. [2]

On 21 August 2009, work on Silverdale station platforms was observed with brickwork being repaired or repointed and they have now been restored as part of a railway footpath to Newcastle-U-Lyme.

Brickwork under repair on the platform in August 2009 Silverdale Staffordshire Station Brickwork Repair.jpg
Brickwork under repair on the platform in August 2009
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Keele
Line closed, station closed
  North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke-Market Drayton Line
  Crown Street Halt
Line closed, station closed

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References

  1. Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   0-7153-5121-4.
  2. 1 2 Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN   1-85895-204-2.

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