Blythe Bridge railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Blythe Bridge | ||
| Local authority | Staffordshire Moorlands | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | BYB | ||
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2005/06 * | 16,389 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 7 August 1848 | ||
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Blythe Bridge from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Blythe Bridge railway station is a railway station in the United Kingdom at Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent. It is served by East Midlands Trains and is situated on the Crewe to Derby line.
The station was opened August 7, 1848 by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR). The station buildings were demolished in the early 1990s and today it is unstaffed.
[edit] Signalling
Blythe Bridge had at one time two signal boxes, Blythe Bridge and Stallington, both of which controlled level crossings, which was a common feature across the former NSR.
Blythe Bridge signal box was opened by the NSR in 1884 on their Derby to Stoke line. The box was built to a standard McKenzie & Holland design and under the S.R.S. designation system is referred to as a MKH Type1.
The signal box was equipped with a standard McKenzie & Holland lever frame and a gate wheel for operating the level crossing gates which controlled traffic on the busy former A50. These gates were later replaced by a barrier crossing when traffic got too heavy for the signalman.
Blythe Bridge signal box finally closed in 1980 and the level crossing was converted to CCTV control with the barriers supervised by Caverswall signal box.
[edit] External links
- Page with more info on the station
- Railways in Draycott
- Photographs of the old station buildings
- Photograph of Blythe Bridge Signal Box
- Train times and station information for Blythe Bridge railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Longton | East Midlands Trains Crewe to Derby Line |
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