Audley and Bignall End railway station

Audley and Bignall End
Location of the former station (1999)
Location
Place	Bignall End
Area	Newcastle-under-Lyme
Coordinates	53°03′23″N 2°17′02″W / 53.0563°N 2.2838°W / 53.0563; -2.2838Coordinates: 53°03′23″N 2°17′02″W / 53.0563°N 2.2838°W / 53.0563; -2.2838
Grid reference	SJ810510
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
History
28 June 1880	Station opens as Audley
9 June 1923	Station renamed Audley and Bignall End
27 April 1931	Station closes
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Audley and Bignall End railway station was a station on the North Staffordshire Railway, which operated in the West Midlands county of Staffordshire, in England.

History

The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway, then joined the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. That company then closed it eight years later.

The site today

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Halmerend		North Staffordshire Railway		Alsager Road

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. 

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 91. ISBN 9781908174673. OCLC 913791564. 

External links

• Station on navigable O.S. map