Cresswell railway station
Cresswell | |
|---|---|
 Level crossing at the site of the former station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Staffordshire Moorlands |
| Owned by | London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
| Managed by | North Staffordshire Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Key dates | |
| 7 August 1848 | Opened |
| 7 November 1966 | Closed |
Cresswell railway station was a railway station located on the Stoke-Derby line at Cresswell, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1848 and closed in 1966.[1]
The station was located near the Izaak Walton pub and had a substantial building and a small goods yard. It became the junction station for the Cheadle Branch Line in 1892.[1] When the latter closed to passengers, the sidings remained in occasional use for another 20 years, mainly sand traffic from Cheadle.[2]
The level crossing was converted to automatic barrier operation in 1989, whereupon the signal box was demolished and the junction was lifted.[3]
There is no trace of the station today.[2]
References
- ^ a b Baker, Allan C. (1979). The Cheadle Railway. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 085361248X.
- ^ a b Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1858952042.
- ^ "Railways in Draycott". Retrieved 2009-01-21.
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