Biddulph railway station
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Biddulph | |
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![]() Biddulph Station in 1962 | |
General information | |
Location | Biddulph, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands England |
Coordinates | 53°07′17″N 2°10′49″W / 53.1214°N 2.1802°W |
Grid reference | SJ881583 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
1 June 1864 | Opened as Gillow Heath |
1 May 1897 | Renamed Biddulph |
11 July 1927 | Closed to passengers |
5 October 1964 | Closed to all traffic |
Biddulph railway station was a railway station opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1864. Originally named Gillow Heath the station was renamed Biddulph on 1 May 1897.[1] The station was on the Biddulph Valley line that ran from a junction just north of Congleton on the Stoke-on-Trent – Macclesfield line to a junction south of Stoke-on-Trent station.
Passenger traffic was withdrawn from the station on 11 July 1927,[2] but freight traffic continued until 5 October 1964.[3]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Biddulph_railway_station_in_2020.jpg/220px-Biddulph_railway_station_in_2020.jpg)
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Line and station closed | North Staffordshire Railway | Line and station closed |
References
[edit]- ^ Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
- ^ Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. p. 256. ISBN 0-7153-5121- 4.
- ^ Clinker, C.R. (1988). Clinker's Register of closed passenger stations and good depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Weston-super-Mare: Avon-AngliA. p. 12. ISBN 0-905466-91-8.