Silverdale railway station (Staffordshire)

Silverdale
The site of Silverdale station and the former Silverdale Colliery, now the end of the greenway from Newcastle-Under-Lyme. The platforms are all that remain in situ.
Location	Silverdale, Staffordshire, Newcastle-under-Lyme England
Coordinates	53°01′02″N 2°16′33″W / 53.0172°N 2.2757°W / 53.0172; -2.2757Coordinates: 53°01′02″N 2°16′33″W / 53.0172°N 2.2757°W / 53.0172; -2.2757
Grid reference	SJ816467
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
May 1863	Opened
2 March 1964	Closed to passengers
1998	Closure of Silverdale Colliery and to all stone traffic.

Silverdale railway station was a railway station that served the village of Silverdale, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1863 and closed to passengers in 1964.^[1]

In its later years, the station was used by staff operating trains to and from the adjacent colliery. For this purpose, a large rail loader was built.^[2]

Present day[]

Today, only the restored platforms are still in place. The station building has been rebuilt at the Apedale Heritage Centre.^[2]

On 21 August 2009, work on Silverdale station platforms was observed with brickwork being repaired or repointed and they have now been restored as part of a railway footpath to Newcastle-U-Lyme.

Brickwork under repair on the platform

References[]

Further reading[]

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 77-86. ISBN 9781908174673. OCLC 913791564.