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Burslem_railway_station Latitude and Longitude:

53°02′48″N 2°11′33″W / 53.0467°N 2.1926°W / 53.0467; -2.1926
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Burslem
The station in 1962
General information
Location Burslem, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent
England
Coordinates 53°02′48″N 2°11′33″W / 53.0467°N 2.1926°W / 53.0467; -2.1926
Grid reference SJ872499
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 December 1873Opened [1]
2 March 1964Closed to passengers [1]
9 October 1961Closed to goods [2]
Station site in 2018

Burslem railway station was a station on the Potteries Loop Line that served the town of Burslem, Staffordshire. It was located on Moorland Road, adjacent to Burslem Park. [3] It should have opened with the extension of the Potteries Loop Line from Hanley on 1 November 1873 but the Board of Trade inspector was not satisfied so there was a delay of a month before opening. [1]

The station closed in 1964 when the Loop Line closed. Most traces of the station have been removed although the old stationmaster's house, known as Station House, is still occupied on a site between the old line and Burslem Park on Moorland Road. The site of the station, sidings etc., is now part of a Greenway for walkers and cyclists running along part of the route of the old Loop Line which has been landscaped. [4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 108. ISBN  978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC  612226077.
  2. ^ Hartless, Adrian (April 2019). "3.Eturia to Congleton". Lines North of Stoke to Crewe, Congleton and Leek. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN  9781910356296. XXVII.There was a small goods station which closed from 9th October 1961.
  3. ^ "49 fabulous pictures showing the slums of Stoke-on-Trent in the 1960s - including Hanley and Burslem". Stoke Sentinel. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  4. ^ Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN  1858952042.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Line and station closed
North Staffordshire Railway
Line and station closed