Audlem railway station
Audlem railway station was a station on the former Great Western Railway between Market Drayton and Nantwich, opened in 1863.
It served the village of Audlem in Cheshire, England until closure in 1963.[1] The station was immortalised in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.
History
The station was built by the Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway (N&MDR) and opened on 20 October 1863,[2] although the line was operated by the Great Western Railway from its opening, and the N&MDR eventually amalgamated with the Great Western Railway in 1897.[3] The line passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was then closed to passengers by the British Railways Board on 9 September 1963.[2]
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References
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- By Great Western to Crewe, by Bob Yate, published by The Oakwood Press ISBN 0-85361-639-6
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