Liverpool Road Halt railway station

This article is about the former railway station in Newcastle-under-Lyme. For other uses, see Liverpool Road railway station.

Liverpool Road Halt
Liverpool Road Halt, now part of a greenway and pedestrian underpass.
General information
LocationNewcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, Newcastle-under-Lyme
England
Coordinates53°01′02″N 2°13′47″W / 53.0171°N 2.2297°W / 53.0171; -2.2297
Grid referenceSJ846466
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
1 May 1905Opened
2 March 1964Closed

Liverpool Road Halt railway station was a railway station located in the north of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. It was opened in 1905 by the North Staffordshire Railway in connection with the introduction of railmotor services.[1]

The station had two short wooden platforms and was accessed via steps leading down from an overbridge on Liverpool Road, which now forms part of the A34.[2]

Unlike most of the other halts on the line it survived until the withdrawal of passenger services in 1964.[1] Although the platforms are long gone the trackbed can still be followed.

Present day

The site of the halt now occupied by a pedestrian underpass.[2]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Knutton Halt
Line and station closed 		  North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke-Market Drayton Line 		  Brampton Halt
Line and station closed

References

  1. ^ a b Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
  2. ^ a b Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.

Further reading