Cheddleton railway station

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Cheddleton before closure

Cheddleton station under preservation

Cheddleton station is a passenger station on the Churnet Valley Railway in Staffordshire, Great Britain.

[edit] History

Cheddleton station, situated on the Churnet Valley line (opened July 13, 1849) of the North Staffordshire Railway, was opened to both passengers and goods on September 1, 1849.

The station was a quiet country station serving the needs of nearby Cheddleton village, and for a time, the settlement of Ipstones, which is out of the valley.

As with many stations in the 1960s, levels of traffic decreased to such an extent that the station was considered unviable and closed to both passengers and goods in 1965.

[edit] Re-opening, and the Churnet Valley Railway

During the 1970s a railway preservation base was established at Cheddleton station. This later became the base of the Churnet Valley Railway. Initially, there was a railway museum displaying artifacts relating to the North Staffordshire Railway. In 1978 the NSRS became the North Staffordshire Railway Co. (1978) Ltd and it became a charity in 1983. Later the bay platform area was acquired in 1984 and a former NSR signal box was put into use. The Churnet Valley line finally closed for sand traffic in 1988 and the NSRC jumped at the chance to purchase the line from British Rail by publicising it's share prospectus. The first passenger train to leave Cheddleton onto the mainline under CVR control left for Leek Brook station on August 24, 1996.