Chatterley railway station

For the station named Tunstall after 1873, see Tunstall railway station.
Chatterley
Location
Place Stoke-on-Trent
Area Staffordshire
Coordinates 53°03′55″N 2°13′29″W / 53.0653°N 2.2247°W / 53.0653; -2.2247Coordinates: 53°03′55″N 2°13′29″W / 53.0653°N 2.2247°W / 53.0653; -2.2247
Grid reference SJ850520
Operations
Original company North Staffordshire Railway
Platforms 2
History
January 1864 Opened as Tunstall[1]
1873 Renamed Chatterley[1]
27 September 1948 Closed[1]
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Chatterley railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.

Situated in the main North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) between Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield a station was opened in 1864 to serve the nearby town of Tunstall and was named Tunstall. In 1873 the NSR opened the loop Line which went much closer to Tunstall town centre. A new station called Tunstall was built on the Loop Line and the existing station renamed Chatterley.[2] For some years the station was referred to in timetables as Chatterley for Tunstall.[1]

The station closed in September 1948[2] and although the line between Stoke and Macclesfield still exists, the station site is no longer on the route as the line was diverted during the electrification of the West Coast main line as the Harecastle railway tunnels were not large enough to accommodate the overhead wires.[3]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Longport
Line and station open
  North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke–Macclesfield line
  Harecastle
Line and station open

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