Madeley Road railway station

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Madeley Road
LocationNewcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
England
Coordinates52°58′38″N 2°20′04″W / 52.9771°N 2.3344°W / 52.9771; -2.3344Coordinates: 52°58′38″N 2°20′04″W / 52.9771°N 2.3344°W / 52.9771; -2.3344
Grid referenceSJ776422
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
October 1870Opened as Madeley[1]
May 1871Renamed Madeley Manor[1]
August 1871Renamed Madeley Road
20 July 1931Closed[1]

Madeley Road railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.

The Stoke to Market Drayton Line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1870.[2] A station called simply Madeley was opened on the line in the same year. Within a few months; possibly to avoid confusion with the LNWR station that was, at least, on the edge of Madeley; the station was renamed Madeley Manor after the nearby, abandoned house of that name. By August 1871 the name had been changed yet again to Madeley Road.[1]

The station had no goods facilities and due to its rural location passenger use was low and in 1931 the London, Midland and Scottish Railway closed the station.[3] An indication of how little usage the station received is shown by the LMS estimate that only £92 per year was saved by closure of the station.[3]

The line through the station remained in use until the closure of Silverdale Colliery in 1998.

Present day[]

Madeley Road still has track in situ and is out of use.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Keele
Line closed, station closed 		  North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke to Market Drayton Line 		  Pipe Gate
Line closed, station closed

References[]

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d Quick (2009), p. 263.
  2. ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 300.
  3. ^ a b Jeuda (2010), p. 136.
Sources
  • Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
  • Jeuda, Basil (2010). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. Vol. 1. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1899889-48-8.
  • 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.

Further reading[]

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 93-95. ISBN 9781908174673. OCLC 913791564.
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