Market Street Halt railway station

Market Street Halt
Location
Place	Kidsgrove, Staffordshire
Area	Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Grid reference	SJ842543
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
1 July 1909	Opened[1]
25 September 1950	Closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Market Street Halt was the smallest station to serve the town of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England. It was opened in 1909 and located on the Potteries Loop Line.^[2] At first it was used by trains in both directions but was later served only by northbound trains due to the severe gradient, being a 1 in 40 climb southbound.^[2]

Although only a halt, it had a considerable length of platform and modest wooden buildings, plus an old NSR carriage used as a waiting room.^[3]

The halt closed in 1950 and the trackbed is now part of the Potteries Greenway.^[4]

References

1. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 231. ISBN 978 0 901461 57 5. OCLC 612226077.
2. Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. David & Charles. p. 124. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
3. Jeuda, Basil (1986). Memories of the North Staffordshire Railway. Chester: Cheshire Libraries. p. 62. ISBN 0-904532-21-6.
4. Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Kidsgrove Liverpool Road Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Potteries Loop Line		Newchapel and Goldenhill Line and station closed

Coordinates: 53°05′11″N 2°14′15″W / 53.0864°N 2.2374°W