Oakamoor railway station

Oakamoor railway station is a closed railway station in the Churnet Valley, Staffordshire. The station was opened in 1849 as part of the Churnet Valley Line constructed by the North Staffordshire Railway. Serving the village of Oakamoor the station remained open until 1965 when all services were withdrawn, A little north of the station, freight traffic from Oakamoor Sand Sidings continued until 1988.

Oakamoor
Platform remains in 2009
General information
LocationOakamoor, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire
England
Coordinates52°59′50″N 1°55′19″W / 52.9971°N 1.9219°W / 52.9971; -1.9219
Grid referenceSK053444
Platforms3
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
1 September 1849Opened[1]
4 January 1965Closed[1]
NSR Battery electric locomotive built 1917 for use at Oakamoor

From 1917 until 1963 shunting in these sidings was performed by a battery-electric locomotive, built on a wagon chassis. This has now been preserved at the National Railway Museum.

Preservation

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The track remains in situ as far as the sand sidings and is now owned by the Churnet Valley Railway (CVR). It is not yet in regular use, but on 21 September 2008, the first service for 20 years ran to Oakamoor with a CVR shareholders' special.

The railway trackbed that extends down the Churnet Valley to the former station at Alton has been converted to a footpath.

The CVR hopes to one day reach Oakamoor station as part of a project in bringing the CVR into becoming the largest preserved railway network within the centre of England.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Kingsley and Froghall   North Staffordshire Railway
Churnet Valley Line
  Alton Towers

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
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