Radway Green & Barthomley railway station

Radway Green & Barthomley railway station was built by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) and served the small Cheshire communities of Radway Green, Oakhanger and Barthomley. Located on the NSR line between Crewe and Kidsgrove it was the first station on the route from Crewe.

Radway Green & Barthomley
Location
Place	Radway Green, Cheshire
Grid reference	SJ776543
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways (London Midland region)
Platforms	2
History
9 October 1848	Opened as Radway Green[1]
1909–1910	renamed Radway Green & Barthomley[1]
7 November 1966	Closed[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

During the Second World War the station was the terminating point for many trains transporting workers to and from the nearby ROF Radway Green. This situation continued until a new station, Millway was built at the factory in 1942.[2]

Level crossing at the former station (2010)

References

Notes

1. Quick (2009), p. 325.
2. Jeuda (2012), p. 28.

Sources

• Jeuda, Basil (2012). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. 2. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1899889-65-5.
• 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.