Grindley railway station

Grindley
Location
Place Grindley, Staffordshire
Operations
Original company Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway
Pre-grouping Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 2
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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Grindley railway station was a former British railway station to serve the village of Grindley in Staffordshire.

A 1905 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (upper left) railways in the vicinity of Grindley

It was opened by the Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway in 1867 and closed in 1939. 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.

Originally single line, a passing loop was added in 1887. Built in a cutting, the main station buildings were next to the road above, with the booking office on the main platform. Like most of the others on the line, the platforms were staggered, both accessible by cart tracks.[2]

Two miles further north the single line entered Bromshall Tunnel before reaching its junction with North Staffordshire Railway line to Uttoxeter.

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

     

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

Coordinates: 52°51′37″N 1°56′42″W / 52.8602°N 1.9450°W / 52.8602; -1.9450


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