Leigh railway station (Staffordshire)

Leigh railway station was a railway station in Staffordshire, England.

For other stations with the same name, see Leigh railway station (disambiguation).

Leigh
Location
Place	Uttoxeter
Area	Staffordshire
Coordinates	52.9190°N 1.9794°W / 52.9190; -1.9794
Grid reference	SK014357
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
7 August 1848	Opened[1]
7 December 1964	Closed to goods traffic[2]
7 November 1966	Closed to passengers[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 railway line between Stoke-on-Trent and Uttoxeter was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1848[3] and a station to serve the village of Church Leigh was opened at the same time.

The station remained open until 1966 but goods facilities had been withdrawn in 1964.[2]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Cresswell Line open, station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Crewe to Derby Line		Bromshall Line open, station closed

References

Notes

1. Quick (2009), p. 244.
2. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 307.
3. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 299.

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)
• 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.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Derby to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 42-45. ISBN 9781908174932. OCLC 954271104.