Winkhill railway station

Winkhill
The old railway cutting in June 2007
General information
Location	Winkhill, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands England
Coordinates	53°03′14″N1°55′01″W / 53.0539°N 1.9169°W / 53.0539; -1.9169
Grid reference	SK056507
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
June 1910	Opened [1]
30 September 1935	Closed to passengers [2]
4 May 1964	Closed to freight [3]
Location

Winkhill railway station was a railway station that served the hamlet of Winkhill, Staffordshire. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1910 and closed to passenger use in 1935, ^[4] but remained open to freight traffic until 1964. ^[3]

Construction and opening

The station was on the NSR Waterhouses branch line from Leekbrook Junction to Waterhouses. The single line branch was authorised on 1 March 1899 by the Leek, Caldon Low, and Hartington Light Railways Order, 1898, ^{[5] [6]} and construction took several years, the line not opening until 1905.

The station at Winkhill was a later addition to the line. Although a station was included in the original tender for construction of the branch line, it wasn't until 1908 that a single siding for freight traffic was provided at the location and another two years before a station was constructed for passenger traffic. ^[1]

Station layout

The station had a single platform and a single siding with limited goods facilities. ^[7]

Closure

The branch line was never a financial success and passenger services were withdrawn on 30 September 1935. ^[8] The station remained open as a goods station until May 1964 when all traffic on the branch except mineral workings from Caldon Low quarries was withdrawn. ^[3]

Route

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Caldon Low Halt		North Staffordshire Railway Waterhouses branch		Ipstones

Notes

1. Jeuda (1980), p. 24.
2. Quick (2009), p. 414.
3. Jeuda (1980), p. 68.
4. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 304.
5. "Light Railwasy Act 1896". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . House of Commons. 21 March 1899. col. 1552.
6. "No. 27062". The London Gazette . 14 March 1899. p. 1761.
7. Jeuda (1980), p. 70.
8. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 258.

References

• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.
• Christiansen, Rex; Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN   0-7153-5121-4.
• Jeuda, Basil (1980). The Leek, Caldon & Waterhouses Railway. Cheddleton, Staffordshire: North Staffordshire Railway Company (1978). ISBN   0-907133-00-2.