Denstone railway station

Denstone railway station is a former station of the North Staffordshire Railway's (NSR) Churnet Valley Line which served the village of Denstone in Staffordshire.

Denstone
Location	Denstone, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire England
Coordinates	52.9642°N 1.8516°W
Grid reference	SK100407
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways
Key dates
1 August 1873	Opened as Denstone Crossing[1]
2 April 1923	Renamed Denstone[1]
4 January 1965	Closed[1]

History

The Churnet Valley line was authorised in 1846 and opened to traffic between Macclesfield and Uttoxeter in 1849. Denstone did not originally have a station but in 1873 a station was opened at the site of the College Road level crossing. As it had been built at the crossing the station was called Denstone Crossing. In 1923 one of the last acts of the NSR before it became part of the LMS was to rename the station simply Denstone.

The station closed on 4 January 1965.[2]

Present day

The platforms remain in situ as part of a footpath to Oakamoor via Alton Towers but a house has been built across the route of the line, adjoining the former level crossing.

References

1. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
2. Scott, Peter (1998). A history of the Alton Towers railway: including other railways & transport systems at Alton Towers, together with the railways at Lilleshall Hall & Trentham Gardens. Peter Scott. p. 65. ISBN 1-902368-06-1. Retrieved 19 October 2009.

Route

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Alton Towers		North Staffordshire Railway Churnet Valley Line		Rocester