Winkhill Railway Station
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, 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.
Station layout
The station had a single platform and a single siding with limited goods facilities.
Closure
The branch line was never a financial success and passenger services were withdrawn on 30 September 1935. 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as a goods station until May 1964 when all traffic on the branch except mineral workings from Caldon Low quarries was withdrawn.
Route
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Caldon Low Halt | North Staffordshire Railway Waterhouses branch |
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Notes
- ^ Jeuda (1980), p. 24.
- ^ Quick (2009), p. 414.
- ^ Jeuda (1980), p. 68.
- ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 304.
- ^ "Light Railwasy Act 1896". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 21 March 1899. col. 1552.
- ^ "No. 27062". The London Gazette. 14 March 1899. p. 1761.
- ^ Jeuda (1980), p. 70.
- ^ 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.