Rocester railway station
Rocester railway station | |||||
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Rocester station (1959) | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Rocester, East Staffordshire, England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°57′00″N 1°51′01″W / 52.9499°N 1.8503°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SK101391 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | North Staffordshire Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 August 1849 | Opened[1] | ||||
| 4 January 1965 | Closed[1] | ||||
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Rocester railway station served the village of Rocester, in Staffordshire, England. It was a stop on the Churnet Valley Line, built by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR).
History
It was opened in 1849 by the NSR on its Churnet Valley Line between North Rode and Uttoxeter. Three years later, it became a junction station when the NSR built a branch to Ashbourne, via Norbury and Ellaston. This was met in 1899 by the Ashbourne Line from Buxton, built by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).[2]
The aim of the LNWR was to run expresses from Buxton to London, as well as gaining access to Derby and the East Midlands. In fact, the expresses never materialised, being no more than through coaches attached to other trains at Uttoxeter. Even in London, Midland and Scottish Railway days, when the trains ran through from Buxton to Rocester, they were timetabled as different services which included a through coach.
Freight services ended in 1964 and the station was closed in 1965; it was demolished after closure.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Norbury and Ellaston | North Staffordshire Railway Ashbourne Line |
Uttoxeter | ||
| Denstone | North Staffordshire Railway Churnet Valley Line |
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The site today
The site is now a car park.
References
- ^ a b Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
- ^ Bentley, J.M., Fox, G.K., (1997) Railways of the High Peak: Buxton to Ashbourne (Scenes From The Past series 32), Romiley: Foxline Publishing