Mow Cop and Scholar Green | |
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General information | |
Location |
Mow Cop,
Cheshire East England |
Coordinates | 53°07′08″N 2°14′04″W / 53.1188°N 2.2345°W |
Grid reference | SJ843579 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North Staffordshire Railway [1] |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
c. January 1849 | Opened as Mow Cop [2] |
c. 1897–8 | Renamed Mow Cop (Scholar Green) [2] |
1905 | Platforms extended [3] |
1923 | Renamed Mow Cop and Scholar Green [2] |
7 September 1964 | Closed [2] |
Mow Cop and Scholar Green railway station was a station on the North Staffordshire Railway between Stoke-on-Trent and Congleton. It served the village of Mow Cop.
The line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 9 October 1848 but the station at Mow Cop did not open until the beginning of January 1849. [2] It closed in 1964 and was immortalised that year in the song Slow Train by Flanders and Swann. [4]
The signal box survived in use until 2002, and is now preserved privately in the village. [5]
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Line and station open | North Staffordshire Railway | Line and station open |
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North Staffordshire Railway | Line and station closed |