Kidsgrove Liverpool Road railway station

Kidsgrove Liverpool Road
Kidsgrove Liverpool Road
	Supermarket on the site of the former station (2014)
General information
Location	Kidsgrove, Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme,; England
Coordinates	53°05′21″N 2°14′42″W / 53.0891°N 2.2450°W
Grid reference	SJ836546
Line	Potteries Loop Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway;; London Midland Region of British Railways;
Key dates
15 November 1875	Opened as Kidsgrove
2 October 1944	Renamed Kidsgrove Liverpool Road
2 March 1964	Closed
Location
Location

Kidsgrove Liverpool Road was the northernmost station on the Potteries Loop Line and served the town of Kidsgrove, in Staffordshire, England.

History

The station was opened as Kidsgrove in 1875, but was renamed in 1944 when the nearby Harecastle station became Kidsgrove Central.^[2]

In the Beeching Report of 1963, the station was recommended for closure. It was subsequently closed to passengers in 1964, but the Potteries Loop Line remained in use until the electrification of the West Coast Main Line, on which Kidsgrove Central station (now Kidsgrove) is a stop. The signal box was closed in 1975.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Mow Cop and Scholar Green Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Potteries Loop Line		Market Street Halt Line and station closed

The site today

The site is now occupied by a Tesco supermarket.^[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. 231. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
^ Oppitz, Leslie (2006). Lost Railways of Staffordshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-992-2.
^ Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.

External links

[Quick-1] Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

[2] Oppitz, Leslie (2006). Lost Railways of Staffordshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-992-2.

[3] Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.

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