Madeley Road railway station

Madeley Road
Location
Place Newcastle-under-Lyme
Area Staffordshire
Coordinates 52°58′38″N 2°20′04″W / 52.9771°N 2.3344°WCoordinates: 52°58′38″N 2°20′04″W / 52.9771°N 2.3344°W
Grid reference SJ776422
Operations
Original company North Staffordshire Railway
Platforms 2
History
October 1870 Opened as Madeley[1]
May 1871 Renamed Madeley Manor[1]
August 1871 Renamed Madeley Road
20 July 1931 Closed[1]
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Madeley Road 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.[2] A station called simply Madeley was opened on the line in the same year. Within a few months; possibly to avoid confusion with the LNWR station that was, at least, on the edge of Madeley; the station was renamed Madeley Manor after the nearby, abandoned house of that name. By August 1871 the name had been changed yet again to Madeley Road.[1]

The station had no goods facilties and due to its rural location passenger use was low and in 1931 the London, Midland and Scottish Railway closed the station.[3] An indication of how little usage the station received is shown by the LMS estimate that only £92 per year was saved by closure of the station.[3]

The line through the station remained in use until the closure of Silverdale Colliery in 1998.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Keele
Line closed, station closed		   North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke to Market Drayton Line		   Pipe Gate
Line closed, station closed

References

Notes
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Quick (2009), p. 263.
  2. ↑ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 300.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jeuda (2010), p. 136.
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