Elford railway station

Elford railway station was a railway station serving the village of Elford and the manor of Haselour Hall in Staffordshire, opened by the Midland Railway in 1850.

Elford
Location
Place	Elford
Area	Lichfield
Coordinates	52.6959°N 1.7058°W / 52.6959; -1.7058
Grid reference	SK199109
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 July 1850	Station opens as Haselour
1 November 1855	renamed Haselour and Elford
1 September 1864	renamed Elford and Haselour
1 April 1904	renamed Haselour
5 May 1914	renamed Elford
31 March 1952	Station closes[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

It was between Tamworth and Burton upon Trent on the line originally built by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway.

Originally, it was called Haselour and later either Elford and Haselour or Haselour and Elford.

It had two platforms on either side of the double track with conventional Midland buildings.

It closed in 1952 but reopened for transporting goods in 1954 through 1973.[2]

References

1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. Pixton, B., (2005) Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing