Leigh (Staffordshire) railway station

Leigh
Location
Place	Uttoxeter
Area	Staffordshire
Coordinates	52°55′08″N 1°58′46″W / 52.9190°N 1.9794°W / 52.9190; -1.9794Coordinates: 52°55′08″N 1°58′46″W / 52.9190°N 1.9794°W / 52.9190; -1.9794
Grid reference	SK014357
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
7 August 1848	Opened[1]
7 December 1964	Closed to goods traffic[2]
7 November 1966	Closed to passengers[1]
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Leigh railway station was a railway station in Staffordshire, England.

The railway line between Stoke-on-Trent and Uttoxeter was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1848^[3] and a station to serve the village of Church Leigh was opened at the same time.

The station remained open until 1966 but goods facilities had been withdrawn in 1964.^[2]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Cresswell Line open, station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Crewe to Derby Line		Bromshall Line open, station closed

References

Notes

Sources

• Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121- 4. 
• 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. 

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Derby to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 42-45. ISBN 9781908174932. OCLC 954271104.