Hartshill and Basford Halt railway station

Hartshill and Basford Halt was a railway station located between the Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme stations on the Market Drayton branch of the North Staffordshire Railway, approx 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Newcastle.

Hartshill and Basford Halt
LocationHartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
England
Coordinates53.0131°N 2.2056°W / 53.0131; -2.2056
Grid referenceSJ863462
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 May 1905Opened[1]
20 Sept 1926Closed

It closed in 1926.[1]

Present day

The tunnel between Newcastle-Under-Lyme and Hartshill and Basford Halt has been filled in and built on by housing and small commercial units.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Newcastle-under-Lyme   North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke-Market Drayton Line
  Stoke on Trent

References

Notes
  1. Quick (2009), p. 203.
Sources
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.


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