Longton railway station

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Longton

Location
Place	Longton
Local authority	Stoke-on-Trent
Grid reference	SJ908436
Operations
Station code	LGN
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	16,960
2005/06	21,221
2006/07	29,555
2007/08	33,329
2008/09	33,678
2009/10	39,556
2010/11	49,198
2011/12	60,506
History
7 August 1848 (1848-08-07)	Opened^[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Longton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Longton railway station is a railway station in England at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. The station is served by trains on the Crewe to Derby Line which is also a Community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) Train Operating Company (TOC). The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost.

The station was opened on 7 August 1848 by the North Staffordshire Railway. It is located on an embankment opposite the town hall and next to a cantilever bridge, which is a local landmark. A ticket office is located in a walkway underneath the station but has been locked out of use since the early 1990s.

In 2003 a new bus station was built adjacent to the railway station and named Longton Transport Interchange. Nearby, new commercial premises have been built, including a large Tesco Extra supermarket.

To the west of the station is Foley Crossing signal box.

References

↑ Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 259. ISBN 978 0 901461 57 5. OCLC 612226077.

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Train times and station information for Longton railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail	Following station
Stoke-on-Trent	East Midlands Trains Crewe-Derby Line	Blythe Bridge
Historical railways
Fenton Line open, station closed	North Staffordshire Railway Crewe to Derby Line	Normacot Line open, station closed

City and Unitary Authority area of Stoke-on-Trent

Areas, towns and wards

History

Parliamentary constituencies

Current	Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent South

Historic	Burslem Hanley Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-upon-Trent

Tourism

Buildings	Bottle ovens Etruria Hall Ford Green Hall Mausoleum Stoke Minster The Villas Wedgwood Institute Water World

Theatres	Regent Theatre Victoria Hall

Museums and libraries	Burslem School of Art Ceramica Chatterley Whitfield Etruria Industrial Museum Gladstone Pottery Museum Montagu C. Butler Library Potteries Museum & Art Gallery Spode Museum

Shopping	City Sentral Potteries Shopping Centre

Parks and countryside	Berryhill Fields Hanley Park Hartshill Park Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival Trentham Gardens

Sport and music venues	Britannia Stadium Golden Torch Longton Cricket Club Ground Meir Heath Cricket Club Shelley's Laserdome The Sugarmill The Underground Vale Park

Education

Media

Publishing	Cross Rhythms G&Y Pits n Pots The Oatcake The Sentinel

Radio	BBC Radio Stoke Cross Rhythms City Radio Signal 1 Signal 2 UCB UK Stoke & Stafford (DAB Multiplex)

Companies

Pottery	Aynsley China Beswick Pottery Burleigh Pottery Carlton Ware Caverswall China Co CERAM Churchill China Clayburn Pottery Dudson Emma Bridgewater Etruria Works Gray's Pottery James Sadler and Sons Ltd J. & G. Meakin Midwinter Pottery Mintons Moorcroft Palissy Paragon China Portmeirion Pottery Royal Doulton Royal Winton Shelley Potteries Spode Wedgwood W H Grindley

Other	Armitage Shanks Bet365 Canditv Clay Records Dechra Pharmaceuticals Goodwin Steel Castings Hanley Economic Building Society Shelton Bar Sons Ltd. Titanic Brewery Twyford Bathrooms Wrights Pies

Sport

Association football teams	Dresden United Eastwood Hanley Hanley Town Meir KA Norton United Port Vale Stoke City

Speedway teams	Stoke Potters Stoke Spitfires

Transport

Canals	Caldon Canal Trent and Mersey Canal

Public transport	BakerBus First Potteries Stoke Streetcar

Rail	Longport railway station Longton railway station North Staffordshire Railway Stafford-Manchester Line Stoke-on-Trent railway station Stoke railway works

Major roads	A34 A50 A52 A53 A500 Longton Interchange

Miscellaneous

Coordinates: 52°59′24″N 2°08′13″W / 52.990°N 2.137°W / 52.990; -2.137

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