Salt and Sandon railway station

Salt and Sandon
Operations
Original company Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway
Pre-grouping Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
History
23 December 1867 Station opened
4 December 1939 Station closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Salt and Sandon railway station was a former British railway station opened by the Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway to serve the village of Salt in Staffordshire in 1867[2]

Until 1904 it was known simply as "Salt" the name being changed to avoid confusion with Sandon and Salt station on the North Staffordshire Railway. Sandon was actually about two miles away, the station being nearer to Sandon Bank.

The Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway was purchased for £100,000 by the Great Northern Railway in July 1881 and the line subsequently passed into LNER ownership with Railway Grouping in 1923.

From Salt the line turned sharply south east towards Ingestre, before passing under the North Staffordshire Railway's main line from Stone to Colwich.

Passenger services finished in 1939

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Line and station closed
Great Northern Railway
Line and station closed

References

  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. Jones P (1981) The Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway, Salisbury: The Oakwood Press

     

Coordinates: 52°50′50″N 2°03′55″W / 52.8472°N 2.0654°W / 52.8472; -2.0654


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