Hanley railway station
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General information | |
Location | Hanley, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent England |
Coordinates | 53°01′33″N 2°10′50″W / 53.0257°N 2.1805°WCoordinates: 53°01′33″N 2°10′50″W / 53.0257°N 2.1805°W |
Grid reference | SJ879476 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways (London Midland region) |
Key dates | |
13 July 1864 | Opened[1] |
1 November 1873 | Relocated to Trinity Street[1] |
2 March 1964 | Closed to passengers[1] |
1 August 1966 | Closed to goods traffic |
Hanley railway station was built by the North Staffordshire Railway as part of the Potteries Loop Line and served the town of Hanley, Staffordshire, England.
History
The original station opened along with the first section of the Loop in 1864, but when the latter reached Burslem in 1873, a new station was built on a sharp curve (8 chains radius) in a cutting below Trinity Street.[2] The old station remained in use for goods traffic.
No trace of the station remains today; the cutting is filled in and is the site of the car park of the former Grand Hotel (now the Quality Hotel).[3]
References
- ^ a b c Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
- ^ Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
- ^ Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1858952042.
External links
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Line and station closed | North Staffordshire Railway | Line and station closed |
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