Audlem railway station explained

Audlem
Status:Disused
Borough:Audlem, Cheshire East
Country:England
Platforms:2
Original:Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:20 October 1863
Events:Station opened
Years2:9 September 1963
Events2:Station closed

Audlem railway station was a station on the former Great Western Railway between Market Drayton and Nantwich, opened in 1863.

It served the village of Audlem in Cheshire, England until closure in 1963.[1] The station was immortalised in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

History

The station was built by the Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway (N&MDR) and opened on 20 October 1863, although the line was operated by the Great Western Railway from its opening, and the N&MDR eventually amalgamated with the Great Western Railway in 1897.[2] The line passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was then closed to passengers by the British Railways Board on 9 September 1963.

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52.983°N -2.5168°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Audlem Village History website . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080213072012/http://www.audlem.org/content.php?ContID=132&SubCat=13 . 2008-02-13 .
  2. Book: MacDermot, E.T. . History of the Great Western Railway, vol. II: 1863-1921 . 1931 . . Paddington . 55853736 . 7 .