Denstone railway station

Denstone
General information
LocationDenstone, Staffordshire Moorlands,
England
Coordinates52°57′51″N 1°51′06″W / 52.9642°N 1.8516°W / 52.9642; -1.8516
Grid referenceSK100407
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
1 August 1873 (1873-08-01)Opened as Denstone Crossing[1]
2 April 1923Renamed Denstone[1]
4 January 1965Closed[1]
Location

Denstone railway station served the village of Denstone, in Staffordshire, England. It was a stop on the North Staffordshire Railway's Churnet Valley Line.

History

The Churnet Valley line was authorised in 1846, and opened to traffic between Macclesfield and Uttoxeter in 1849. Denstone did not originally have a station but, in 1873, a station was opened at the site of the College Road level crossing; it was consequently named Denstone Crossing. In 1923, one of the last acts of the North Staffordshire Railway, before it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, was to rename the station simply Denstone.

The station was closed on 4 January 1965.[2]


Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Alton Towers   North Staffordshire Railway
Churnet Valley Line 		  Rocester

The site today

The platforms remain in situ, as part of a footpath to Oakamoor via Alton Towers, but a house has been built across the route of the line, adjoining the former level crossing.

References

  1. ^ a b c Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  2. ^ Scott, Peter (1998). A history of the Alton Towers railway. Peter Scott. p. 65. ISBN 1-902368-06-1. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
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