Hartshill and Basford Halt | |
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General information | |
Location | Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire England |
Coordinates | 53°00′47″N 2°12′20″W / 53.0131°N 2.2056°W |
Grid reference | SJ863462 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
1 May 1905 | Opened[1] |
20 Sept 1926 | Closed |
Hartshill and Basford Halt was a railway station located between the Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme stations on the Market Drayton branch of the North Staffordshire Railway, approx 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Newcastle.
It closed in 1926.[1]
Present day
[edit]The tunnel between Newcastle-Under-Lyme and Hartshill and Basford Halt has been filled in and built on by housing and small commercial units.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Newcastle-under-Lyme Line closed, station closed |
North Staffordshire Railway Stoke-Market Drayton Line |
Stoke on Trent Line closed, station open |
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ a b Quick (2009), p. 203.
- Sources
- 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.