Ingestre railway station
Ingestre and Weston railway station was a former British railway station to serve the village of Ingestre in Staffordshire.[2]
Ingestre and Weston | |
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Site of Ingestre station, in 2017 | |
Location | Weston, Stafford England |
Coordinates | 52.8375°N 2.0348°W |
Grid reference | SJ977266 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
23 December 1867 | Station opened as Weston |
January 1870 | renamed Ingestre for Weston |
date unknown | renamed Ingestre |
4 December 1939 | Station closed[1] |
It was opened by the Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway in 1867. Originally called Ingestre it was actually much closer to Weston and was renamed (also Ingestre for Weston) in 1870 to avoid confusion with Weston and Ingestre on the North Staffordshire Railway.
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.
Proceeding north west the line passed over the North Staffordshire Railway's main line from Stone to Colwich, the line climbed slightly towards Chartley and Stowe.
Passenger services finished in 1939.
References
- Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- Jones P (1981) The Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway, Salisbury: The Oakwood Press
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Derby to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 87-89. ISBN 9781908174932. OCLC 954271104.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Line and station closed | Great Northern Railway | Line and station closed |