Great Bridgeford railway station

Great Bridgeford railway station served the village of Great Bridgeford, Staffordshire, England from 1837 to 1959 on the Stafford-Manchester line.

Great Bridgeford
The site of the station in 2012
Location
Place	Great Bridgeford
Area	Staffordshire
Coordinates	52.8393°N 2.1745°W / 52.8393; -2.1745
Grid reference	SJ883268
Operations
Original company	Grand Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	4
History
4 July 1837 (1837-07-04)	First station opened as Bridgeford
10 September 1840	First station closed
1 December 1876	Second station opened as Great Bridgeford
8 August 1949	Closed to passengers
1959 (1959)	Closed completely
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

History

First station

The first station opened as Bridgeford on 4 July 1837 by the Grand Junction Railway. It closed on 10 September 1840.[1]

Second station

The second station was built on the old site of the former station as Great Bridgeford on 1 December 1876. It closed to passengers on 8 August 1949[2] and to goods traffic in 1959.[3]

Rail accidents

On 17 June 1932 at 7:23 pm, an express train derailed at the south end of the station. 80-90 passengers were killed, 27 were injured, 9 severely, including the driver and a further 24 people, including the guard, were in shock with minor injuries.[4]

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 89. OCLC 931112387.
2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 194. OCLC 931112387.
3. Historic England. "Great Bridgeford Station (502770)". PastScape. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
4. "Report on the Accident that occurred at Great Bridgeford on 17th June 1932 :: The Railways Archive". Railways Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Bridgeford Line open, station closed		Grand Junction Railway Stafford-Manchester Line		Stafford