Leycett railway station

Leycett railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.

Leycett
Location
PlaceNewcastle-under-Lyme
AreaStaffordshire
Coordinates53.0178°N 2.3100°W / 53.0178; -2.3100
Grid referenceSJ793467
Operations
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland & Scottish Railway
Platforms2
History
28 June 1880Opened[1]
27 April 1931Closed to passenger traffic[1]
18 June 1962Closed 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 situated on the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) Audley branch line. The Audley line ran from a junction on the Stoke to Crewe line near Alsager to a junction between Keele and Madeley Road on the Stoke to Market Drayton Line Like many of the lines opened by the NSR the Audley line was built primarily to carry mineral traffic.[3] The line opened in 1870 but passenger services were not introduced until 1880, partially a wait caused by the need to build a junction from the Audley line that would allow trains to run directly towards Stoke rather than having to reverse at the junction which was how the line was originally constructed.[4]

The decision to introduce passenger trains over the line led to the opening of a station to serve the mining village of Leycett in June 1880.[5] By 1923 the station was served six services a day in each direction from Stoke on Trent, three terminating at Halmerend and the others continuing to Harecastle.[5]

The rise in local bus services led to a decline in the revenue raised from passengers and in 1931 the London, Midland and Scottish Railway withdrew all passenger services on the Audley line from 27 April 1931.[5]

Freight traffic too had been diminished by the economic depression towards the end of the 1920s and many of the local collieries closed as they became worked out or uneconomic to maintain and the line was reduced to a single line in 1933[5] although freight services continued until complete closure of the line between Audley and Keele in June 1962.[2]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Keele
Line & station closed
  North Staffordshire Railway
Audley branch line
  Halmerend
Line & station closed

References

Notes
Sources
  • Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121- 4.
  • Jeuda, Basil (2010). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. 1. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1899889-48-8.
  • 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 (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 89. ISBN 9781908174673. OCLC 913791564.
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