Black Bull railway station

Black Bull railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.

Black Bull
the remains of station photographed in 1962
Location
Place	Biddulph
Area	Staffordshire Moorlands
Coordinates	53.0925°N 2.1833°W / 53.0925; -2.1833
Grid reference	SJ878550
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 June 1864	Opened[1]
11 July 1927	Closed to passenger traffic[1]
6 January 1964	Closed to all traffic[2]
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 opened in 1864 by the North Staffordshire Railway on the company's Biddulph Valley Line. The line had opened in 1860 and was primarily concerned with mineral traffic, mostly coal and ironstone from the collieries and ironworks along the Biddulph Valley.[3] Passenger services were of a much lesser interest to the NSR so it was not until a few years later that a number of stations were opened supported by an infrequent number of passenger trains.

Passenger traffic was never intensive and by 1922 all the places along the valley were better served by bus services.[3] Consequently, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway withdrew the passenger services in 1927.[4] Faciliites for goods traffic remained until 1964.[2]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Biddulph Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Biddulph Valley line		Chell Halt Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. Quick (2009), p. 87.
2. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 306.
3. Jeuda (2014), p. 45.
4. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 256.

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.