Hanley railway station

Hanley railway station is a former railway station which was built by the North Staffordshire Railway as part of the Potteries Loop Line and served the town of Hanley, Staffordshire, England.

Hanley
General information
LocationHanley, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent
England
Coordinates53°01′33″N 2°10′50″W / 53.0257°N 2.1805°W / 53.0257; -2.1805
Grid referenceSJ879476
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways (London Midland region)
Key dates
13 July 1864Opened[1]
1 November 1873Relocated to Trinity Street[1]
2 March 1964Closed to passengers[1]
1 August 1966Closed to goods[2]

History

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The original station opened along with the first section of the Loop in 1864, but when the latter reached Burslem in 1873, a new station was built on a sharp curve (8 chains radius) in a cutting below Trinity Street.[3] The old station remained in use for goods traffic.

No trace of the main station exists today, only real trace of the station that is still standing is the top of the station wall that can be seen near rear of the car park, the cutting is filled in and is the site of the car park of the former Grand Hotel (previously the Stakis Hotel, then the Quality Hotel and now the Best Western Hotel).[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  2. ^ Hartless, Adrian (April 2019). "3.Eturia to Congleton". Lines North of Stoke to Crewe, Congleton and Leek. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781910356296. XXIV.Goods from 1st August 1964
  3. ^ Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
  4. ^ Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1858952042.
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Line and station closed
North Staffordshire Railway
Line and station closed