Rushton railway station
Appearance
Rushton | |
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General information | |
Location | Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands England |
Coordinates | 53°09′33″N 2°05′51″W / 53.1593°N 2.0974°W |
Grid reference | SJ935624 |
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 September 1849 | Opened[1] |
7 November 1960 | Closed to passengers[1] |
15 June 1964 | Closed to freight |
Rushton Spencer railway station was a railway station that served the village of Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire. The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1849 as part of the Churnet Valley line.[2]
It remained open until passenger services were withdrawn from the northern end of the Churnet valley line (North Rode – Leek) in 1960.[3] Freight services lasted until 1964 when they too were withdrawn[3] and the track lifted. Today the trackbed forms part of the Staffordshire Way.
Route
[edit]Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Bosley Line and station closed |
North Staffordshire Railway Churnet Valley Line |
Cliffe Park Line and station closed |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Quick 2009, p. 337.
- ^ Jeuda 1999, p. 55.
- ^ a b Christiansen & Miller 1971, p. 304.
References
[edit]- Christiansen, Rex; Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
- Jeuda, Basil (1999). The Churnet Valley Railway. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 1-899889-05-1.
- 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.
Categories:
- Disused railway stations in Staffordshire
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849
- Former North Staffordshire Railway stations
- 1849 establishments in England
- Grade II listed buildings in Staffordshire
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Staffordshire building and structure stubs
- West Midlands (region) railway station stubs