Winkhill railway station

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Winkhill
LocationWinkhill, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands
England
Coordinates53°03′14″N 1°55′01″W / 53.0539°N 1.9169°W / 53.0539; -1.9169Coordinates: 53°03′14″N 1°55′01″W / 53.0539°N 1.9169°W / 53.0539; -1.9169
Grid referenceSK056507
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
June 1910Opened[1]
30 September 1935Closed to passengers[2]
4 May 1964Closed to freight[3]

Winkhill railway station was a railway station that served the hamlet of Winkhill, Staffordshire. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1910 and closed to passenger use in 1935,[4] but remained open to freight traffic until 1964.[3]

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.[5][6] and construction took several years, the line not opening until 1905.

The station at Winkhill was a later addition to the line. Although a station was included in the original tender for construction of the branch line, it wasn't until 1908 that a single siding for freight traffic was provided at the location and another two years before a station was constructed for passenger traffic.[1]

Station layout[]

The station had a single platform and a single siding with limited goods facilities.[7]

Closure[]

The branch line was never a financial success and passenger services were withdrawn on 30 September 1935.[8] The station remained open as a goods station until May 1964 when all traffic on the branch except mineral workings from Caldon Low quarries was withdrawn.[3]

Route[]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Caldon Low Halt   North Staffordshire Railway
Waterhouses branch 		  Ipstones

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Jeuda (1980), p. 24.
  2. ^ Quick (2009), p. 414.
  3. ^ a b c Jeuda (1980), p. 68.
  4. ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 304.
  5. ^ "Light Railwasy Act 1896". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 21 March 1899. col. 1552.
  6. ^ "No. 27062". The London Gazette. 14 March 1899. p. 1761.
  7. ^ Jeuda (1980), p. 70.
  8. ^ 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.
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