Stockton Brook railway station

Stockton Brook railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire.

Stockton Brook
Station in 2009
Location
Place	Stoke-on-Trent
Area	Staffordshire
Coordinates	53.0656°N 2.1228°W / 53.0656; -2.1228
Grid reference	SJ918520
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	1
History
1 July 1896	Opened[1]
7 May 1956	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 Stoke–Leek line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1867[2] but it was not until 1896 that a station to serve the village of Stockton Brook was built. Situated on the single track section of the line between Milton Junction (where the line diverged from the Biddulph Valley line) and Endon, the station had only a single platform situated in a shallow cutting. The station buildings were at street level. During the LMS period the station was known as Stockton Brook for Brown Edge.[3]

Passenger services over the line were withdrawn in 1956 and the station closed. The station buildings remain in existence and are now a shop. The line through the station continued in use until 1988 for freight services and since then the line has officially been out of use but not closed.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Milton Line open, station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Stoke–Leek line		Endon Line open, station closed

References

Notes

1. Quick (2009), p. 367.
2. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 300.
3. Jeuda (2014), p. 142.

Sources

• Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121- 4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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)
• 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.