Stockton Brook | |
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![]() Station in 2009 | |
General information | |
Location | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire England |
Coordinates | 53°03′56″N 2°07′22″W / 53.0656°N 2.1228°W |
Grid reference | SJ918520 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
1 July 1896 | Opened[1] |
7 May 1956 | Closed[1] |
Stockton Brook railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire.
History
[edit]The Stoke–Leek line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1867[2] but it was not until 1896 that a station to serve the village of Stockton Brook was built. Situated on the single track section of the line between Milton Junction (where the line diverged from the Biddulph Valley line) and Endon, the station had only a single platform situated in a shallow cutting. The station buildings were at street level. During the LMS period the station was known as Stockton Brook for Brown Edge.[3]
Passenger services over the line were withdrawn in 1956 and the station closed. The station buildings remain in existence and are now a shop. The line through the station continued in use until 1988 for freight services and since then the line has officially been out of use but not closed.
Route
[edit]Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Milton Line disused, station closed |
North Staffordshire Railway Stoke–Leek line |
Endon Line disused, station closed |
Stationmasters
[edit]Below is a list of stationmasters for Stockton Brook Railway Station.
- Mr Hudson (1918)[4]
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ a b Quick (2009), p. 367.
- ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 300.
- ^ Jeuda (2014), p. 142.
- ^ Jeuda, Basil (1 May 1996). THE KNOTTY An Illustrated Survey Of The North Staffordshire Railway. Lydney: Lightmoor Press. p. 77. ISBN 1899889019.
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- Sources
- Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
- Jeuda, Basil (2014). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. Vol. 3. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1899889-83-9.
- 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.