Chatterley railway station explained

Chatterley
Status:Disused
Borough:Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Country:England
Coordinates:53.0635°N -2.2275°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:North Staffordshire Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Years1:January 1864
Events1:Opened as Tunstall
Years2:1873
Events2:Renamed Chatterley
Years3:27 September 1948
Events3:Closed

Chatterley railway station is a former railway station in Staffordshire, England.

Situated in the main North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) between and Macclesfield a station was opened in 1864 to serve the nearby town of Tunstall and was named Tunstall. In 1873 the NSR opened the Potteries Loop Line which went much closer to Tunstall town centre. A new station called was built on the Potteries Loop Line and the existing station renamed Chatterley. For some years the station was referred to in timetables as Chatterley for Tunstall.

The station closed in September 1948 and although the line between Stoke and Macclesfield still exists, the station site is no longer on the route as the line was diverted during the electrification of the West Coast Main Line as the Harecastle railway tunnels were not large enough to accommodate the overhead wires.

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