Hanley railway station
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Hanley | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Hanley, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent England |
| Coordinates | 53°01′33″N 2°10′50″W / 53.0257°N 2.1805°W |
| Grid reference | SJ879476 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways (London Midland region) |
| Key dates | |
| 13 July 1864 | Opened[1] |
| 1 November 1873 | Relocated to Trinity Street[1] |
| 2 March 1964 | Closed to passengers[1] |
| 1 August 1966 | Closed to goods[2] |
Hanley railway station is a former railway station which was built by the North Staffordshire Railway as part of the Potteries Loop Line and served the town of Hanley, Staffordshire, England.
History
[edit]The original station opened along with the first section of the Loop in 1864, but when the latter reached Burslem in 1873, a new station was built on a sharp curve (8 chains radius) in a cutting below Trinity Street.[3] The old station remained in use for goods traffic.
No trace of the main station exists today, only real trace of the station that is still standing is the top of the station wall that can be seen near rear of the car park, the cutting is filled in and is the site of the car park of the former Grand Hotel (previously the Stakis Hotel, then the Quality Hotel and now the Best Western Hotel).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
- ^ Hartless, Adrian (April 2019). "3.Eturia to Congleton". Lines North of Stoke to Crewe, Congleton and Leek. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781910356296.
XXIV.Goods from 1st August 1964
- ^ Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
- ^ Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1858952042.
External links
[edit]| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Line and station closed | North Staffordshire Railway | Line and station closed |
