Silverdale (Staffordshire) railway station

This article is about the former railway station in Staffordshire. For the railway station in Lancashire, see Silverdale railway station.
Silverdale
Location
Place Silverdale, Staffordshire
Area Newcastle-under-Lyme
Grid reference SJ816467
Operations
Pre-grouping North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
May 1863 Opened
2 March 1964 Closed to passengers
9 January 1967 Closed to goods
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Silverdale railway station was a railway station that served the village of Silverdale, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1863 and closed to passengers in 1964.[1]

In its later years, the station was used by staff operating trains to and from the adjacent colliery. For this purpose, a large rail loader was built.[2]

Today, only the restored platforms are still in place. The station building has been rebuilt at the Apedale Heritage Centre.[2]

On 21 August 2009, work on Silverdale station platforms was observed with brickwork being repaired or repointed and they have now been restored as part of a railway footpath to Newcastle-U-Lyme.

Alt text
Brickwork under repair on the platform
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Keele   North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke-Market Drayton Line
  Crown Street Halt

References

  1. Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
  2. 1 2 Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.

Coordinates: 53°01′01″N 2°16′34″W / 53.017°N 2.276°W / 53.017; -2.276

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