Leigh railway station (Staffordshire)
Leigh railway station was a railway station in Staffordshire, England.
Leigh | |
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Location | Uttoxeter, Staffordshire England |
Coordinates | 52.9190°N 1.9794°W |
Grid reference | SK014357 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland & Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
7 August 1848 | Opened[1] |
7 December 1964 | Closed to goods traffic[2] |
7 November 1966 | Closed to passengers[1] |
The railway line between Stoke-on-Trent and Uttoxeter was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1848[3] and a station to serve the village of Church Leigh was opened at the same time.
The station remained open until 1966 but goods facilities had been withdrawn in 1964.[2]
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Cresswell Line open, station closed |
North Staffordshire Railway Crewe to Derby Line |
Bromshall Line open, station closed |
References
- Notes
- Quick (2009), p. 244.
- Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 307.
- Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 299.
- Sources
- Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121- 4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Derby to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 42-45. ISBN 9781908174932. OCLC 954271104.
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