Grindley railway station

Grindley railway station was a former British railway station to serve the village of Grindley in Staffordshire.

A 1905 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (upper left) railways in the vicinity of Grindley

Grindley
Grindley station site and goods yard, now a private residence.
Location
Place	South of Gratwich
Area	Stafford
Coordinates	52.8605°N 1.9447°W / 52.8605; -1.9447
Grid reference	SK038292
Operations
Original company	Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
23 December 1867	Station opened
4 December 1939	Station closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

It was opened by the Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway in 1867 and closed in 1939. The Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway was purchased for £100,000 by the Great Northern Railway in July 1881 and the line subsequently passed into LNER ownership with Railway Grouping in 1923.

Originally single line, a passing loop was added in 1887. Built in a cutting, the main station buildings were next to the road above, with the booking office on the main platform. Like most of the others on the line, the platforms were staggered, both accessible by cart tracks.[2]

Two miles further north the single line entered Bromshall Tunnel before reaching its junction with North Staffordshire Railway line to Uttoxeter.

References

1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. Jones P (1981) The Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway, Salisbury: The Oakwood Press

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Derby to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 84-85. ISBN 9781908174932. OCLC 954271104.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Chartley Line and station closed		Great Northern Railway Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway		Uttoxeter Line closed, station open