Kidsgrove railway station

Kidsgrove
Location
Place	Kidsgrove
Local authority	Newcastle-under-Lyme
Operations
Station code	KDG
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms	4
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	30,850
2005/06 *	32,192
2006/07 *	43,661
2007/08 *	50,194
2008/09 *	61,558
2009/10 *	103,824
History
Opened 1848 (1848)
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kidsgrove from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Kidsgrove railway station serves the town of Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, England. The station is 12 km (7¼ miles) north of Stoke-on-Trent. The station is served by trains on the Crewe to Derby Line which is also a Community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) Train Operating Company (TOC).

Tickets for travel should be purchased from the ticket office or ticket machine at the station entrance, in accordance with the national conditions of carriage the guard on the train will only retail 'anytime' tickets, unless the ticket machine is not working or the ticket required is not available to purchase. The station is not part of any Penalty Fare scheme.

In the Year 2009/10 the usage of the station grew by almost 58% to over 100 thousand recorded journeys, in addition more than 6,434 passengers used the station to change trains. The increase in usage has been attributed to improved timetable in December 2008 (specifically the introduction of London Midland's Desiro service to London Euston via Northampton).

History

The present station was opened 9 October 1848 by the North Staffordshire Railway as Harecastle.

In British Rail days it was known as Kidsgrove Central when the town had three stations, the other two were Kidsgrove Liverpool Rd and Market Street Halt on the old North Staffordshire Railway's Potteries Loop Line (All 3 stations were opened by the North Staffordshire Railway). It is situated on the Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line at the junction where the line from Stoke-on-Trent divides for Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly.

It is just north of the Harecastle Tunnels on the Trent and Mersey Canal.

Service Pattern

Platform 1

• Single Northern service each hour direct to Stoke on Trent

Platform 2

• Single Northern service each hour to Manchester Piccadilly calling at Congleton, Macclesfield, Prestbury, Adlington, Poynton, Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Heaton Chapel and Levenshulme

Platform 3

• Hourly East Midlands Trains service to Derby calling at Longport, Stoke on Trent, Longton, Blythe Bridge, Uttoxeter, Tutbury and Hatton and Peartree (at peak times)
  • Peak time extension to Nottingham calling at Long Eaton and Beeston
• Hourly London Midland service to London Euston calling at Stoke on Trent, Stone, Stafford, Rugeley Trent Valley, Lichfield Trent Valley, Tamworth, Atherstone, Nuneaton, Rugby, Northampton, Milton Keynes Central and Watford Junction

Platform 4

• Hourly East Midlands Trains service to Crewe calling at Alsager
• Hourly London Midland service to Crewe calling at Alsager

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Longport		East Midlands Trains Crewe to Derby Line		Alsager
Stoke on Trent		London Midland London - Crewe		Alsager
Longport		Northern Rail Stoke-Manchester		Congleton
Preceding station		Historical railways		Following station
Alsager Road Line open, station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Crewe to Derby Line		Chatterley Line and station closed
Mow Cop and Scholar Green Line open, station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Macclesfield to Stoke Line
Lawton Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Sandbach to Stoke Line

External links

• Train times and station information for Kidsgrove railway station from National Rail