Silverdale railway station (Staffordshire)

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]

This article is about the former railway station in Staffordshire. For the railway station in Lancashire, see Silverdale railway station.

Silverdale
The site of Silverdale station and the former Silverdale Colliery, now the end of the greenway from Newcastle-Under-Lyme. The platforms are all that remain in situ.
LocationSilverdale, Staffordshire, Newcastle-under-Lyme
England
Coordinates53.0172°N 2.2757°W / 53.0172; -2.2757
Grid referenceSJ816467
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
May 1863Opened
2 March 1964Closed to passengers
1998Closure of Silverdale Colliery and to all stone traffic.

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]

Present day

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.

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 77-86. ISBN 9781908174673. OCLC 913791564.
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