Bucknall and Northwood railway station explained

Bucknall and Northwood
Status:Disused
Borough:Bucknall, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent
Country:England
Coordinates:53.023°N -2.155°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:North Staffordshire Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Years:1 June 1864
Events:Opened
Years2:7 May 1956
Events2:Closed to passengers
Years3:4 June 1962
Events3:Closed for goods

Bucknall and Northwood railway station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1864 to serve the Bucknall area of Stoke-on-Trent. Situated on the company's Biddulph Valley line, the station was served by passenger trains between Stoke and on the Biddulph Valley line and by trains between Stoke and on the Stoke-Leek line. Passenger services on the Biddulph line ceased in 1927, but services on the Leek line continued until May 1956. After this date the station was still used for special and excursion trains until complete closure in 1962.

The line to Leek remained in use (as far as Leekbrook) until 1988 and the track remains in place and it is planned for the line to reopen under plans put forward by Moorland & City Railways.[1]

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  1. Web site: The Next steps: Leekbrook Junction to the Main Line at Stoke on Trent . The Re-Opening of the railway line from Stoke On Trent to Cauldon Lowe Railway Line . 2012 . 6 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120626065553/http://www.mcrailways.co.uk/page/next-steps . 26 June 2012 . dead .