Liverpool Road Halt railway station

Liverpool Road Halt railway station was a railway station located in the north of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. It was opened in 1905 by the North Staffordshire Railway in connection with the introduction of railmotor services.[1]

Liverpool Road Halt
Liverpool Road Halt, now part of a greenway and pedestrian underpass.
Location
PlaceNewcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
AreaNewcastle-under-Lyme
Coordinates53.0171°N 2.2297°W / 53.0171; -2.2297
Grid referenceSJ846466
Operations
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
Platforms2
History
1 May 1905Opened
2 March 1964Closed
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 had two short wooden platforms and was accessed via steps leading down from an overbridge on Liverpool Road, which now forms part of the A34.[2]

Unlike most of the other halts on the line it survived until the withdrawal of passenger services in 1964.[1] Although the platforms are long gone the trackbed can still be followed.

Present Day

The site of the halt now being occupied by a pedestrian underpass.[2]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Knutton Halt
Line and station closed		   North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke-Market Drayton Line		   Brampton Halt
Line and station closed
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References
  1. Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
  2. Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 72. ISBN 9781908174673. OCLC 913791564.
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