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References
- 1 2 Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
- ↑ Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. David & Charles. p. 124. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
- ↑ "Potteries Loop Line - Goldenhill & Pitts Hill". thepotteries.org. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
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