Kidsgrove Liverpool Road railway station

Disused railway station in Staffordshire, England

Key dates15 November 1875Opened as Kidsgrove[1]2 October 1944Renamed to Kidsgrove Liverpool Road[1]2 March 1964Closed[1]

Kidsgrove Liverpool Road railway station was the northernmost station on the Potteries Loop Line and served the town of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire. It was opened as Kidsgrove in 1875, but renamed in 1944 when the nearby Harecastle station became Kidsgrove railway station.[2]

Supermarket on the site of the former station (2014)

The site of the station is now occupied by a Tesco supermarket.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  2. ^ Oppitz, Leslie (2006). Lost Railways of Staffordshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-992-2.
  3. ^ Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Line and station closed
North Staffordshire Railway
Potteries Loop Line
Line and station closed
  • v
  • t
  • e
Closed railway stations in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Birmingham and Derby Junction RailwayGrand Junction RailwayGreat Western RailwayLeek and Manifold Valley Light RailwayLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayLondon and North Western RailwayMidland RailwayNorth Staffordshire Railway
Audley branch
Biddulph Valley
Cheadle branch
Churnet Valley
Crewe to Derby
Derbyshire and Staffordshire extension
Potteries Loop
Stoke to Leek
Stoke to Market Drayton
Stoke to Stafford
Stone to Colwich
Trentham Park branch
Waterhouses branch
Shropshire Union RailwaysSouth Staffordshire RailwayStafford and Uttoxeter RailwayTrent Valley Railway
  • Transport
  • Commons


Stub icon

This article about a Staffordshire building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e
Stub icon

This article on a railway station in the West Midlands region is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e