Winkhill railway station

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]

Winkhill
LocationWinkhill, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands
England
Coordinates53.0539°N 1.9169°W / 53.0539; -1.9169
Grid referenceSK056507
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
June 1910Opened[1]
30 September 1935Closed to passengers[2]
4 May 1964Closed to freight[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The branch line was never a financial success and passenger services were withdrawn on 30 September 1935.[8] The station remained open as a goods station until May 1964 when all traffic on the branch except mineral workings from Caldon Low quarries was withdrawn.[3]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. Jeuda (1980), p. 24.
  2. Quick (2009), p. 414.
  3. Jeuda (1980), p. 68.
  4. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 304.
  5. "Light Railwasy Act 1896". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 21 March 1899. col. 1552.
  6. "No. 27062". The London Gazette. 14 March 1899. p. 1761.
  7. Jeuda (1980), p. 70.
  8. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 258.

References

  • 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.
  • Christiansen, Rex; Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Jeuda, Basil (1980). The Leek, Caldon & Waterhouses Railway. Cheddleton, Staffordshire: North Staffordshire Railway Company (1978). ISBN 0-907133-00-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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