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Denstone
General information
LocationStaffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire
Line(s)Churnet Valley Line
Platforms2
History
Pre-groupingNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-groupingLMS
London Midland Region
Key dates
1 August 1873 (1873-08-01)Opened as Denstone Crossing[1]
2 April 1923Renamed Denstone[1]
4 January 1965Closed[1]

Denstone railway station is a former station of the North Staffordshire Railway's (NSR) Churnet Valley Line, which served the village of Denstone in Staffordshire.

History

The Churnet Valley line was authorised in 1846 and opened to traffic between Macclesfield and Uttoxeter in 1849. Denstone did not originally have a station but in 1873 a station was opened at the site of the College Road level crossing. As it had been built at the crossing the station was called Denstone Crossing. In 1923 one of the last acts of the NSR before it became part of the LMS was to rename the station simply Denstone.

The station closed on 4 January 1965.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  2. ^ Scott, Peter (1998). A history of the Alton Towers railway: including other railways & transport systems at Alton Towers, together with the railways at Lilleshall Hall & Trentham Gardens. Peter Scott. p. 65. ISBN 1-902368-06-1. Retrieved 19 October 2009. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

Route

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Alton   North Staffordshire Railway
Churnet Valley Railway
  Rocester