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Disused railway station in Staffordshire, England

Kidsgrove Liverpool Road
General information
LocationKidsgrove, Staffordshire, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
England
Coordinates53°05′21″N 2°14′42″W / 53.0891°N 2.2450°W / 53.0891; -2.2450
Grid referenceSJ836546
Line(s)Potteries Loop Line
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
15 November 1875Opened as Kidsgrove
2 October 1944Renamed to Kidsgrove Liverpool Road
2 March 1964Closed

Kidsgrove Liverpool Road railway station was the northernmost station on the Potteries Loop Line and served the town of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire. It was opened as Kidsgrove in 1875, but renamed in 1944 when the nearby Harecastle station became Kidsgrove railway station.

Supermarket on the site of the former station (2014)

The site of the station is now occupied by a Tesco supermarket.

References

  1. ^ Quick, Michael (2009) . 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.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Mow Cop and Scholar GreenLine and station closedNorth Staffordshire RailwayPotteries Loop LineMarket Street HaltLine and station closed
Closed railway stations in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
Grand Junction Railway
Great Western Railway
Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London and North Western Railway
Midland Railway
North Staffordshire Railway
Audley branch
Biddulph Valley
Cheadle branch
Churnet Valley
Crewe to Derby
Derbyshire and Staffordshire extension
Potteries Loop
Stoke to Leek
Stoke to Market Drayton
Stoke to Stafford
Stone to Colwich
Trentham Park branch
Waterhouses branch
Shropshire Union Railways
South Staffordshire Railway
Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway
Trent Valley Railway


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