Market Street Halt railway station

Market Street Halt
Market Street Halt
	Site of Market Street Halt
General information
Location	Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, Newcastle-Under-Lyme; England
Coordinates	53°05′11″N 2°14′15″W / 53.0864°N 2.2374°W
Grid reference	SJ842543
Line(s)	Potteries Loop Line
Platforms	1
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 July 1909	Opened
25 September 1950	Closed

Market Street Halt was a halt that served the town of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England. It was opened in 1909 and located on the Potteries Loop Line of the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR).^[2] At first it was used by trains in both directions but was later served only by northbound trains due to the severe gradient, being a 1 in 40 climb southbound.^[2]

Although only a halt, it had a considerable length of platform and modest wooden buildings, plus an old NSR carriage used as a waiting room.^[3]

The halt closed in 1950 and the trackbed is now part of the Potteries Greenway.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
^ ^a ^b Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. David & Charles. p. 124. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
^ Jeuda, Basil (1986). Memories of the North Staffordshire Railway. Chester: Cheshire Libraries. p. 62. ISBN 0-904532-21-6.
^ Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Kidsgrove Liverpool Road Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Potteries Loop Line		Newchapel and Goldenhill Line and station closed

[Quick-1] Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

[Christiansen-2] Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. David & Charles. p. 124. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.

[Jeuda-3] Jeuda, Basil (1986). Memories of the North Staffordshire Railway. Chester: Cheshire Libraries. p. 62. ISBN 0-904532-21-6.

[Ballantyne-4] 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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