Newcastle-under-Lyme railway station served the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Staffordshire, England, between 1852 and 1964.
History
The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1852.[1]
The station was located on King Street, opposite the Borough Arms Hotel. A small goods yard was located on Water Street.[2]
It was closed on 2 March 1964.[1]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton Halt Line closed, station closed |
North Staffordshire Railway Stoke-Market Drayton Line |
Hartshill & Basford Halt Line closed, station closed |
The site today
The tunnel and overbridges are still in situ, although the majority of the station site has been demolished and landscaped.
The site north of the station has been wiped away by new builds, near to the former Hartshill tunnel and Hartshill & Basford Halt.
The cutting has also been filled in and much of the trackbed forms part of Station Walks, a shared-use path.
References
- ^ a b Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.
- ^ "Staffordshire Past Track: Newcastle Railway Station". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 70-71. ISBN 9781908174673. OCLC 913791564.
