Kidsgrove railway station
Kidsgrove railway station serves the town of Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, England. The station is 7.5 miles (12.07 km) north of Stoke-on-Trent. The station is served by trains on the Crewe to Derby Line which is also a community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway.
Kidsgrove  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Kidsgrove |
| Local authority | Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Grid reference | SJ837543 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KDG |
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2014/15 |  |
| 2015/16 | |
| 2016/17 | |
| 2017/18 | |
| 2018/19 |  |
| – Interchange | 17,397 |
| History | |
| 9 October 1848 | Opened as Harecastle[1] |
| 2 October 1944 | renamed Kidsgrove Central[1] |
| 18 April 1966 | renamed Kidsgrove[1] |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kidsgrove from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
In the year 2009/10 the usage of the station grew by almost 58% to over 100,000 recorded journeys, in addition more than 6,434 passengers used the station to change trains. The increase in usage (followed by a similar increase for 2010/11) has been attributed to improved timetable in December 2008 (specifically the introduction of London Midland's Desiro service to London Euston via Tamworth).[2]
History
The present station was opened 9 October 1848 by the North Staffordshire Railway as Harecastle and was during the early years of the North Staffordshire era variously called Harecastle Junction, Kidsgrove Junction. Kidsgrove Junction, Harecastle before settling upon Harecastle in 1875.[1] Between 1885/6 and 1923/4 it was called Harecastle for Kidsgrove.[1] In 1944 it was renamed Kidsgrove.
In British Rail days it was known as Kidsgrove Central when the town had three stations, the other two were Kidsgrove Liverpool Rd and Market Street Halt on the old North Staffordshire Railway's Potteries Loop Line (all three stations were opened by the North Staffordshire Railway). It is situated on the Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line at the junction where the line from Stoke-on-Trent divides for Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly.
It is just north of the Harecastle Tunnels on the Trent and Mersey Canal and the Harecastle railway tunnel and 1965 railway diversion.
Platforms and Services
Services
Services at Kidsgrove are operated by East Midlands Railway, London Northwestern Railway and Northern Trains. The current off peak service in trains per hour is:
East Midlands Railway
These services are operated by Class 153 or Class 158 DMUs.
London Northwestern Railway
- 1 tph to London Euston via Birmingham New Street
- 1 tph to Crewe
These services are operated by Class 350 EMUs.
Northern Trains
- 1 tph to Manchester Piccadilly via Macclesfield
- 1 tph to Stoke-on-Trent
These services are operated by Class 323 EMUs and newly introduced Class 331 EMUs.
No services operated by Avanti West Coast or CrossCountry call at Kidsgrove, (though 4 Cross Country and 4 Avanti West Coast services pass through platforms 1 & 2 each hour)
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
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| East Midlands Railway Crewe-Derby line | ||||
Stoke on Trent | London Northwestern Railway | |||
| Northern Trains Stoke-Manchester | ||||
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
Line open, station closed | North Staffordshire Railway Crewe to Derby Line | Line and station closed |
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Line open, station closed | North Staffordshire Railway Macclesfield to Stoke Line | |||
Line and station closed | North Staffordshire Railway Sandbach to Stoke Line |
Platforms
The station has 4 platforms. Platform 1 serves the hourly Northern service to Stoke-on-Trent.[3] Platform 2 serves the hourly Northern services to Manchester Piccadilly. Platform 3 serves both the East Midlands Railway services to Derby and the London Northwestern Railway services to London Euston. Platform 4 serves both the East Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway services to Crewe.
References
- Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
- Office of Rail Regulation (2010). "Station usage". Office of Rail Regulation. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- Table 84 National Rail timetable, December 2018
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kidsgrove railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Kidsgrove railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
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| East Midlands Railway Crewe to Derby Line | ||||
Stoke on Trent | London Northwestern Railway London - Crewe | |||
| Northern Stoke-Manchester | ||||
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
Line open, station closed | North Staffordshire Railway Crewe to Derby Line | Line and station closed |
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Line open, station closed | North Staffordshire Railway Macclesfield to Stoke Line | |||
Line and station closed | North Staffordshire Railway Sandbach to Stoke Line |
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