Keele railway station
| Madeley Road | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Area | Staffordshire |
| Coordinates | 53°00′37″N 2°18′05″W / 53.0102°N 2.3015°WCoordinates: 53°00′37″N 2°18′05″W / 53.0102°N 2.3015°W |
| Grid reference | SJ798459 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 October 1870 | Opened as Keele Road[1] |
| 1898 | Renamed Keele[1] |
| 7 May 1956 | Closed to passengers[1] |
| 9 January 1967 | Closed to all traffic[2] |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Keele railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.
The Stoke to Market Drayton Line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1870.[3] The station, then called Keele Road was opened on the same day as the line opened.[1] In 1898 the station was renamed Keele.
The line through the station was singled in 1934 and the number of platforms reduced to one but the line through the disused platform was retained as a passing loop for goods trains.[4]
Passenger traffic at the station was withdrawn in 1956 and goods traffic was withdrawn in January 1967 when the station closed altogether.[2] The line through the station remained in use until the closure of Silverdale Colliery in 1998.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverdale Line closed, station closed |
North Staffordshire Railway Stoke to Market Drayton Line |
Madeley Road Line closed, station closed | ||
References
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Quick (2009), p. 229.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 305.
- ↑ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 300.
- ↑ Jeuda (2010), p. 147.
- Sources
- Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121- 4.
- Jeuda, Basil (2010). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days 1. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1899889-48-8.
- Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978 0 901461 57 5. OCLC 612226077.