This article is about the former railway station in Staffordshire. For the railway station in Lancashire, see Silverdale railway station.

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]

Present day

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-under-Lyme.

Brickwork under repair on the platform in August 2009


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Keele
Line closed, station closed 		  North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke-Market Drayton Line 		  Crown Street Halt
Line closed, station closed

References

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

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 77-86. ISBN 9781908174673. OCLC 913791564.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverdale_(Staffordshire)_railway_station
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