Waterloo Road (NSR) railway station

Waterloo Road
The site of Waterloo Road station today
General information
Location	Hanley, City of Stoke-on-Trent, England
Coordinates	53°01′53″N2°10′57″W / 53.0314°N 2.1826°W / 53.0314; -2.1826
Grid reference	SJ878482
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 April 1900	Opened [1]
4 October 1943	Closed to passenger services [1]
3 January 1966	Closed to general goods services
31 July 1969	Closed completely
Location

Waterloo Road railway station served the north of the town of Hanley, in Staffordshire, England, between 1900 and 1969.

History

The station opened in 1900, as the last station on the Potteries Loop Line by the North Staffordshire Railway, which was also known as the "Knotty".

It was also the first station on the line to close to passengers in 1943, at the height of the Second World War by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. ^[2] It remained open for general goods traffic until 1966; oil traffic continued on the line to Hanley from Walker's Century Oils, now Fuchs Oil, until 1969.

The line was lifted shortly afterwards.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Cobridge Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Potteries Loop Line		Hanley Line and station closed

The site today

The station was at the road crossing on Waterloo Road, between the Etruria Loop Line and Hanley Forest Park, near Cobridge. The only remaining trace of the station is one black wall.

References

1. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 400. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.
2. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 242. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.

External links

• Waterloo Road page on Potteries.org.