Newcastle-under-Lyme railway station

Newcastle-under-Lyme railway station was a railway station that served the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1852.[1]

Newcastle-under-Lyme
The site of Newcastle-Under-Lyme railway station, now part of Station Walks.
Location	Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, Newcastle-under-Lyme England
Grid reference	SJ852463
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
6 September 1852	Opened
2 March 1964	Closed

The station was located on King Street opposite the Borough Arms Hotel. A small goods yard was located on Water Street.[2] It was closed on 2 March 1964.

Present day

The site north of the station has been wiped away by new builds near the former Hartshill tunnel and Hartshill and Basford Halt. The cutting the station was located near has also been filled in and is now part of Station Walks which is a pedestrian and cyclist footpath but the tunnel and overbridges are still in place although a majority of the station site has been landscaped.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Brampton Halt		London, Midland and Scottish Railway Stoke-Market Drayton Line		Hartshill & Basford Halt

References

1. Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.
2. "Staffordshire Past Track - Newcastle Railway Station". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2009.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 70-71. ISBN 9781908174673. OCLC 913791564.