Cresswell Railway Station
Cresswell railway station was a railway station located on the Stoke-Derby line at Cresswell, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1848 and closed in 1966.
The station was located near the Izaak Walton pub and had a substantial building and a small goods yard. It became the junction station for the Cheadle Branch Line in 1892. When the latter closed to passengers, the sidings remained in occasional use for another 20 years, mainly sand traffic from Cheadle.
The level crossing was converted to automatic barrier operation in 1989, whereupon the signal box was demolished and the junction was lifted.
There is no trace of the station today.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Line and station open | North Staffordshire Railway | Line open, station closed |
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| Terminus | North Staffordshire Railway | Line and station closed |
References
- ^ Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
- ^ Baker, Allan C. (1979). The Cheadle Railway. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-248-X.
- ^ Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.
- ^ "Railways in Draycott". Archived from the original on 11 May 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Derby to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 46-51. ISBN 9781908174932. OCLC 954271104.
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