Longport railway station

Longport railway station is a station serving the areas of Longport, Middleport, Tunstall and Burslem, all districts in the northern part of Stoke-on-Trent, England. The station is served by trains on the Crewe to Derby Line, which is also a community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station also has two trains a day on the Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Piccadilly line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway.

Longport
Location	Longport, Stoke-On-Trent England
Grid reference	SJ855494
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LPT
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
9 October 1848	Opened[1]
Passengers
2015/16	45,614
2016/17	48,272
2017/18	50,910
2018/19	55,592
2019/20	51,756
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) on 9 October 1848 and was then named Burslem.[1] It was renamed to Longport when a new Burslem station (which was much nearer to the town) opened after the NSR built their Loop Line.

Until 2003 Longport along with Etruria were request stops on Central Trains services running from the station.

Location and Facilities

Longport is currently un-staffed. The station has 2 platforms both of which are wheelchair accessible. The Footbridge at the station is however not wheelchair accessible.

The station is adjacent to Longbridge Hayes industrial estate and the A500 road, as such, it sees a number of "park and ride" commuters. Longport station has its own bus stop which is served by routes 94, 98, and 99. These serve the nearby town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, for which Longport is the closest station.

This station is also the closest to Port Vale F.C..[2]

The station has cycle parking facilities, and a waiting shelter and real-time information displays on each platform.

The former station buildings have been sold into private ownership, and have now been converted into a Hindu wedding venue.

Services

Off-peak, all services at Longport are operated by East Midlands Railway using Class 156 DMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]

• 1 tph to Derby
• 1 tph to Crewe

The station is also served by two trains per day to Manchester Piccadilly which are operated by Northern Trains using Class 323 EMUs.[4]

On Sundays, there is an hourly service between Crewe and Derby after 14:00 with no service to Manchester.

Services operated by Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and London Northwestern Railway pass through the station but do not stop.

References

1. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
2. https://www.port-vale.co.uk/Directions-to-Vale-Park/
3. Table 50 National Rail timetable, May 2020
4. Table 84 National Rail timetable, May 2020

External links

• Train times and station information for Longport railway station from National Rail