Silverdale (Staffordshire) railway station

Silverdale
Location
Place	Silverdale, Staffordshire
Area	Newcastle-under-Lyme
Grid reference	SJ816467
Operations
Pre-grouping	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
May 1863	Opened
2 March 1964	Closed to passengers
9 January 1967	Closed to goods
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Silverdale railway station was a railway station that served the village of Silverdale, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1863 and closed to passengers in 1964.^[1]

In its later years, the station was used by staff operating trains to and from the adjacent colliery. For this purpose, a large rail loader was built.^[2]

Today, only the restored platforms are still in place. The station building has been rebuilt at the Apedale Heritage Centre.^[2]

On 21 August 2009, work on Silverdale station platforms was observed with brickwork being repaired or repointed and they have now been restored as part of a railway footpath to Newcastle-U-Lyme.

Brickwork under repair on the platform

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Keele		North Staffordshire Railway Stoke-Market Drayton Line		Crown Street Halt

References

1. Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
2. Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.

Coordinates: 53°01′01″N 2°16′34″W / 53.017°N 2.276°W