Longport railway station

Longport railway station is a station serving the areas of Longport, Middleport, Tunstall and Burslem, all districts in the northern part of Stoke-on-Trent, England. The station is served by trains on the Crewe to Derby Line, which is also a community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station also has two trains a day on the Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Piccadilly line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway.

Longport
Location
Place	Longport
Local authority	Stoke-On-Trent
Grid reference	SJ855494
Operations
Station code	LPT
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	48,322
2015/16	45,614
2016/17	48,272
2017/18	50,910
2018/19	55,592
History
9 October 1848 (1848-10-09)	Opened[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Longport from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) on 9 October 1848 and was then named Burslem.[1] It was renamed to Longport when a new Burslem station (which was much nearer to the town) opened after the NSR built their Loop Line.

Until 2003 Longport along with Etruria were request stops on Central Trains services running from the station.

Location and Facilities

Longport is currently un-staffed. The station has 2 platforms both of which are wheelchair accessible. The Footbridge at the station is however not wheelchair accessible.

The station is adjacent to Longbridge Hayes industrial estate and the A500 road, as such, it sees a number of "park and ride" commuters. Longport station has its own bus stop which is served by routes 94, 98, and 99. These serve the nearby town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, for which Longport is the closest station.

This station is also the closest to Port Vale F.C..

The station has cycle parking facilities, and a waiting shelter and real-time information displays on each platform.

The former station buildings have been sold into private ownership, and have now been converted into a Hindu wedding venue.

Services

The main passenger services are the hourly East Midlands Railway service from Crewe to Derby with the majority of services operated by Class 153 DMUs.[2]

Longport is also served by two Northern Trains services to Manchester Piccadilly, Macclesfield, Deansgate which operate in the early morning, these services are always operated by Class 323 electrical multiple units.

Services operated by Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry and London Northwestern do not call at Longport. During severe disruption or engineering works London Northwestern trains additionally call at Longport.[3]

References

1. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
2. Table 50 National Rail timetable, May 2016
3. "Flooding disrupts rail services near Uttoxeter". BBC. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

External links

• Train times and station information for Longport railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Stoke-on-Trent		East Midlands Railway Crewe to Derby Line		Kidsgrove
Stoke-on-Trent		Northern Trains Stoke-Manchester Mondays-Fridays only		Kidsgrove
Preceding station		Historical railways		Following station
Chatterley Line diverted, station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Crewe to Derby Line		Etruria Line open, station closed
		North Staffordshire Railway Macclesfield to Stoke Line
		North Staffordshire Railway Sandbach to Stoke Line