Cresswell railway station explained

Cresswell
Status:Disused
Borough:Cresswell, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands
Country:England
Coordinates:52.9508°N -2.037°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:North Staffordshire Railway
Years:7 August 1848
Events:Opened
Years2:7 November 1966
Events2:Closed

Cresswell railway station was a railway station located on the Stoke-Derby line at Cresswell, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1848 and closed in 1966.[1]

The station was located near the Izaak Walton pub and had a substantial building and a small goods yard. It became the junction station for the Cheadle Branch Line in 1892.[1] When the latter closed to passengers, the sidings remained in occasional use for another 20 years, mainly sand traffic from Cheadle.[2]

The level crossing was converted to automatic barrier operation in 1989, whereupon the signal box was demolished and the junction was lifted.[3]

There is no trace of the station today.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Baker, Allan C. . 1979 . The Cheadle Railway . The Oakwood Press . 0-85361-248-X.
  2. Book: Ballantyne, Hugh . 2005 . British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley . Past & Present Publishing Ltd . 1-85895-204-2.
  3. Web site: Railways in Draycott . 2009-01-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20060511074045/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/3542/railways.html. 2006-05-11.