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Colwich railway station

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Colwich
General information
LocationStaffordshire
History
Original companyTrent Valley Railway
Pre-groupingLondon & North Western Railway
North Staffordshire Railway
Key dates
15 September 1847Opened[1]
3 February 1958Closed[1]

Colwich railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.

Authorisation for a railway line between Rugby and Stafford was obtained in 1845 by the Trent Valley Railway. By 1847 the Trent Valley Railway company had been incorporated in the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the line opened in 1847.[2] A station opened at Colwich in September of that year and like most of the stations on the Trent Valley Railway it was designed by the architect John William Livock.[3]

In 1849 the railway line between Stone and Colwich was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR).[4] At Colwich the LNWR and NSR agreed to own and operate the station jointly,[5] a situation that remained until both railways became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923.

Local passenger services over the former NSR route were withdrawn in 1947[5] and all other services were withdrawn from Colwich in 1958 when the station was closed.[1]

The former stationmaster's house remains and is now a Grade II listed building.[6]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Milford and Brocton
Line open, station closed
  London & North Western Railway
Trent Valley Line
  Rugeley Trent Valley
Line open, station open
Great Haywood
Line open, station closed
  North Staffordshire Railway
Stone to Colwich Line
  Terminus

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b c Quick (2009), p. 132.
  2. ^ Hackwood (1925), p. 99.
  3. ^ Anderson & Fox (1981), p. 98.
  4. ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 299.
  5. ^ a b Jeuda (2010), p. 91.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Former railway station house (1116586)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
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