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Audlem railway station

Coordinates: 52°58′59″N 2°31′00″W / 52.98300°N 2.51680°W / 52.98300; -2.51680
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Audlem
The station's location (1990)
General information
LocationAudlem, Cheshire East
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNantwich and Market Drayton Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
20 October 1863Station opened
9 September 1963Station closed

Audlem railway station was a station on the former Great Western Railway between Market Drayton and Nantwich, opened in 1863.

It served the village of Audlem in Cheshire, England until closure in 1963.[1] The station was immortalised in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

History

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The station was built by the Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway (N&MDR) and opened on 20 October 1863,[2] although the line was operated by the Great Western Railway from its opening, and the N&MDR eventually amalgamated with the Great Western Railway in 1897.[3] The line passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was then closed to passengers by the British Railways Board on 9 September 1963.[2]

Route

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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Coxbank Halt   Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway
Great Western Railway
  Coole Pilate Halt

References

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  1. ^ "Audlem Village History website". Archived from the original on 13 February 2008.
  2. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 21
  3. ^ MacDermot, E.T. (1931). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. II: 1863-1921. Paddington: Great Western Railway. p. 7. OCLC 55853736.

Further reading

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  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 54-57. ISBN 9781908174673. OCLC 913791564.
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52°58′59″N 2°31′00″W / 52.98300°N 2.51680°W / 52.98300; -2.51680