Biddulph railway station

Biddulph
Biddulph
	Biddulph Station in 1962
General information
Location	Biddulph, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands; England
Coordinates	53°07′17″N 2°10′49″W / 53.1214°N 2.1802°W
Grid reference	SJ881583
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 June 1864	Opened as Gillow Heath
1 May 1897	Renamed Biddulph
11 July 1927	Closed to passengers
5 October 1964	Closed to all traffic

Biddulph railway station was a railway station opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1864. Originally named Gillow Heath the station was renamed Biddulph on 1 May 1897.^[1] The station was on the Biddulph Valley line that ran from a junction just north of Congleton on the Stoke-on-Trent – Macclesfield line to a junction south of Stoke-on-Trent station.

Passenger traffic was withdrawn from the station on 11 July 1927,^[2] but freight traffic continued until 5 October 1964.^[3]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Mossley Halt Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Biddulph Valley line		Knypersley Halt Line and station closed

References[edit]

^ 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. p. 256. ISBN 0-7153-5121- 4.
^ Clinker, C.R. (1988). Clinker's Register of closed passenger stations and good depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Weston-super-Mare: Avon-AngliA. p. 12. ISBN 0-905466-91-8.

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