Mow Cop and Scholar Green railway station explained

Mow Cop and Scholar Green
Status:Disused
Borough:Mow Cop, Cheshire East
Country:England
Coordinates:53.1188°N -2.2345°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:North Staffordshire Railway[1]
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Events:Opened as Mow Cop
Events1:Renamed Mow Cop (Scholar Green)
Years2:1905
Events2:Platforms extended[2]
Years3:1923
Events3:Renamed Mow Cop and Scholar Green
Events4:Closed

Mow Cop and Scholar Green railway station was a station on the North Staffordshire Railway between Stoke-on-Trent and Congleton. It served the village of Mow Cop.

The line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 9 October 1848 but the station at Mow Cop did not open until the beginning of January 1849. It closed in 1964 and was immortalised that year in the song Slow Train by Flanders and Swann.[3]

The signal box survived in use until 2002, and is now preserved privately in the village.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Paul Shannon & John Hillmer. British Railways Past and Present no 40 Cheshire. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. 2003. 1-85895-232-8. Kettering. 100.
  2. Book: Jeuda, Basil. THE KNOTTY An Illustrated Survey Of The North Staffordshire Railway. Lightmoor Press. 1 May 1996. 1899889019. 28.
  3. Book: Kerr . Michael . Sunrise on the Southbound Sleeper: The New Telegraph Book of Great Railway Journeys . 190 . 978 1845136680. 2011 . Aurum Press.
  4. Web site: Mow Cop Signalbox. 15 November 2009.