Caldon Low Halt railway station

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Caldon Low Halt
LocationCauldon, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands
England
Coordinates53°02′34″N 1°53′30″W / 53.0428°N 1.8917°W / 53.0428; -1.8917Coordinates: 53°02′34″N 1°53′30″W / 53.0428°N 1.8917°W / 53.0428; -1.8917
Grid referenceSK073495
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1905Opened[1]
30 September 1935Closed[1]

Caldon Low Halt railway station was a railway station near the hamlet of Cauldon, Staffordshire. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1905 and closed in 1935.[2]

Construction and opening[]

The station was on the NSR Waterhouses branch line from Leekbrook Junction to Waterhouses. The single line branch was authorised on 1 March 1899 by the Leek, Caldon Low, and Hartington Light Railways Order, 1898.[3][4] and construction took until 1905.

Station layout[]

The station was solely for the use of workmen from the nearby Caldon Low quarries, and their families. There were no goods facilities, just a single wooden platform for passengers with an old coach body to act as an waiting room.[5] The halt a request stop and was unstaffed with passengers paying for their tickets at their destination. The only exception to this was on Leek market days when a porter from Waterhouses would walk to Caldon Low to issue tickets.[6]

Closure[]

The branch line was never a financial success and the halt closed on 30 September 1935 when passenger services on the line were withdrawn.[7]

Route[]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Waterhouses   North Staffordshire Railway
Waterhouses branch 		  Winkhill

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Quick (2009), p. 111.
  2. ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 304.
  3. ^ "Light Railways Act 1896". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 21 March 1899. col. 1552.
  4. ^ "No. 27062". The London Gazette. 14 March 1899. p. 1761.
  5. ^ Jeuda (2014), p. 154.
  6. ^ Jeuda (1980), p. 74.
  7. ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 258.

References[]

  • 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. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
  • Jeuda, Basil (1980). The Leek, Caldon & Waterhouses Railway. Cheddleton, Staffordshire: North Staffordshire Railway Company (1978). ISBN 0-907133-00-2.
  • Jeuda, Basil (2014). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. Vol. 3. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1-899889-83-9.
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