Winkhill railway station

Winkhill
Location
Place Winkhill, Staffordshire
Area Staffordshire Moorlands
Grid reference SK056507
Operations
Pre-grouping North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 1
History
June 1910 Opened[1]
30 September 1935 Closed to passengers[2]
4 May 1964 Closed to freight[3]
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Winkhill railway station was a railway station that served the hamlet of Winkhill, Staffordshire. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1910 and closed to passenger use in 1935,[4] but remained open to freight traffic until 1964.[3]

Construction and opening

The station was on the NSR Waterhouses branch line from Leekbrook Junction to Waterhouses. The single line branch was authorised on 1 March 1899 by the Leek, Caldon Low, and Hartington Light Railways Order, 1898.[5][6] and construction took several years, the line not opening until 1905.

The station at Winkhill was a later addition to the line. Although a station was included in the original tender for construction of the branch line, it wasn't until 1908 that a single siding for freight traffic was provided at the location and another two years before a station was constructed for passenger traffic.[1]

Station layout

The station had a single platform and a single siding with limited goods facilities.[7]

Closure

The branch line was never a financial success and passenger services were withdrawn on 30 September 1935.[8] The station remained open as a goods station until May 1964 when all traffic on the branch except mineral workings from Caldon Low quarries was withdrawn.[3]

Route

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Caldon Low Halt   North Staffordshire Railway
Waterhouses branch
  Ipstones

Notes

  1. 1 2 Jeuda (1980), p. 24.
  2. Quick (2001), p. 414.
  3. 1 2 3 Jeuda (1980), p. 68.
  4. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 304.
  5. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1899/mar/21/light-railways-act-1896 |chapter-url= missing title (help). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 21 March 1899. col. 1552.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 27062. p. 1761. 14 March 1899. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  7. Jeuda (1980), p. 70.
  8. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 258.

References


Coordinates: 53°03′15″N 1°55′01″W / 53.0542°N 1.9170°W / 53.0542; -1.9170

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