Denstone railway station explained

Denstone
Status:Disused
Borough:Denstone, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire
Country:England
Coordinates:52.9642°N -1.8516°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:North Staffordshire Railway
Events:Opened as Denstone Crossing
Years2:2 April 1923
Events2:Renamed Denstone
Years3:4 January 1965
Events3:Closed

Denstone railway station is a former station of the North Staffordshire Railway's (NSR) Churnet Valley Line which served the village of Denstone in Staffordshire.

History

The Churnet Valley line was authorised in 1846 and opened to traffic between Macclesfield and Uttoxeter in 1849. Denstone did not originally have a station but in 1873 a station was opened at the site of the College Road level crossing. As it had been built at the crossing the station was called Denstone Crossing. In 1923 one of the last acts of the NSR before it became part of the LMS was to rename the station simply Denstone.

The station closed on 4 January 1965.[1]

Present day

The platforms remain in situ as part of a footpath to Oakamoor via Alton Towers but a house has been built across the route of the line, adjoining the former level crossing.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Scott, Peter . A history of the Alton Towers railway: including other railways & transport systems at Alton Towers, together with the railways at Lilleshall Hall & Trentham Gardens . 1998 . Peter Scott . 1-902368-06-1 . 65 . 19 October 2009.