Rocester railway station

Rocester railway station

Rocester station in 1959
Location
Place Rocester
Area East Staffordshire
Coordinates 52°57′00″N 1°51′01″W / 52.9499°N 1.8503°W / 52.9499; -1.8503Coordinates: 52°57′00″N 1°51′01″W / 52.9499°N 1.8503°W / 52.9499; -1.8503
Operations
Original company North Staffordshire Railway
Pre-grouping North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 August 1849 Opened[1]
4 January 1965 Closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Rocester railway station was a railway station built by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) located at Rocester in Staffordshire.

History

Looking north towards the JCB factory, which lies across the line of the railway. Rocester station was south of the road between the buildings and the trees.

It was opened in 1849 by the NSR on its Churnet Valley Line between North Rode and Uttoxeter. Three years later the station became a junction station when the NSR built a branch to Ashbourne via Norbury and Ellaston. This was met in 1899 by the Ashbourne Line from Buxton built by the LNWR.[2]

The aim of the LNWR was to run expresses from Buxton to London, as well as gaining access to Derby and the East Midlands. In fact the expresses never materialised, being no more than through coaches attached to other trains at Uttoxeter. Even in LMS days when the trains ran through from Buxton to Rocester, they were timetabled as different services which included a "through coach."

Passenger services to Ashbourne finished in 1954 and freight ended in 1956. The station closed when the Churnet Valley Line closed in 1965.

Route

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Norbury and Ellaston   North Staffordshire Railway
Ashbourne Line		   Uttoxeter
Denstone   North Staffordshire Railway
Churnet Valley Line		  

References

  1. 1 2 Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 332. ISBN 978 0 901461 57 5. OCLC 612226077.
  2. ↑ Bentley, J.M., Fox, G.K., (1997) Railways of the High Peak: Buxton to Ashbourne (Scenes From The Past series 32), Romiley: Foxline Publishing
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