Silverdale railway station (Staffordshire)

Silverdale railway station was a railway station that served the village of Silverdale, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1863 and closed to passengers in 1964.[1]

This article is about the former railway station in Staffordshire. For the railway station in Lancashire, see Silverdale railway station.

Silverdale
The site of Silverdale station and the former Silverdale Colliery, now the end of the greenway from Newcastle-Under-Lyme. The platforms are all that remain in situ.
Location
Place	Silverdale, Staffordshire
Area	Newcastle-under-Lyme
Coordinates	53.0172°N 2.2757°W / 53.0172; -2.2757
Grid reference	SJ816467
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
May 1863	Opened
2 March 1964	Closed to passengers
1998	Closure of Silverdale Colliery and to all stone traffic.
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

In its later years, the station was used by staff operating trains to and from the adjacent colliery. For this purpose, a large rail loader was built.[2]

Present day

Today, only the restored platforms are still in place. The station building has been rebuilt at the Apedale Heritage Centre.[2]

On 21 August 2009, work on Silverdale station platforms was observed with brickwork being repaired or repointed and they have now been restored as part of a railway footpath to Newcastle-U-Lyme.

Brickwork under repair on the platform

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Keele		North Staffordshire Railway Stoke-Market Drayton Line		Crown Street Halt

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. figs. 77-86. ISBN 9781908174673. OCLC 913791564.