Hulme End railway station

Hulme End railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.

Hulme End
The restored station building pictured in 2006
Location
Place	Staffordshire Moorlands
Area	Staffordshire
Coordinates	53.1308°N 1.8477°W / 53.1308; -1.8477
Grid reference	SK102593
Operations
Original company	Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	1
History
29 June 1904	Opened[1]
12 March 1934	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

The station was the terminus of the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway which ran 8 ¹⁄₄ miles (13.3 km) from Waterhouses where it made a connection with the standard gauge Waterhouses branch line of the North Staffordshire Railway.[2]

Opened in 1904, the station had a single platform and a small goods yard with two sidings laid out for the use of transporter wagons, with a section of standard gauge track at the end of each siding.[3] The station was also the servicing and storage point for the line's locomotives and coaching stock with both a locomotive shed and a carriage shed being provided.[3]

The line became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 but the finances of the line were poor and the line closed in 1934. After closure, the route's right of way was acquired by Staffordshire County Council and the station site at Hulme End became a car park.[3] The station building was retained and, now restored, is used as a visitor information centre.[4]

Interestingly, it was sometimes referred to as Hulme End for Hartington. Although nearly two miles from Hartington. The village also had a station on the Ashbourne Line between Ashbourne and Buxton. This allowed passengers to transfer between Hartington for Buxton, Leek and Ashbourne.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway		Ecton Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. Quick (2009), p. 220.
2. Jeuda (2014), p. 171.
3. Manifold (1965), p. 65.
4. "Manifold Valley Information Point". Retrieved 4 April 2015.

Sources

• Jeuda, Basil (2014). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. 3. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1899889-83-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Manifold (1965). The Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway (2nd ed.). Truro, Cornwall: D Bradford Barton.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.