Rushton railway station

For the station serving Rushton in Northamptonshire, see Glendon and Rushton railway station.
Rushton
The former Rushton station in 2000 (now a private residence)
Location
Place Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire
Area Staffordshire Moorlands
Grid reference SJ935624
Operations
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
13 July 1849 Opened
7 November 1960 Closed to passengers
15 June 1964 Closed to freight
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Rushton railway station was a railway station that served the village of Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire. The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1849 as part of the Churnet Valley line.[1]

It remained open until passenger services were withdrawn from the northern end of the Churnet valley line (North Rode – Leek) in 1960.[2] Freight services lasted until 1964 when they too were withdrawn[2] and the track lifted. Today the trackbed forms part of the Staffordshire Way.

Route

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Bosley   North Staffordshire Railway
Churnet Valley Line		   Cliffe Park

Notes

  1. ^ Jeuda p. 55.
  2. ^ a b Christiansen & Miller p. 304.

References

Christiansen, Rex; Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 5121 4. 
Jeuda, Basil (1999). The Churnet Valley Railway. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 01 899 889 05.