Bosley railway station

Bosley railway station served the village of Bosley, Cheshire. The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in September 1849[nb 1] as part of the Churnet Valley line.[2]

Bosley
Bosley station in 1963
General information
LocationBosley, Cheshire, Cheshire East
England
Grid referenceSJ913651
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 September 1849 (1849-09-01)Opened[1]
7 November 1960Closed to passengers[1]
15 June 1964Closed to freight

The station was some distance from the village, to which it was linked by a footpath. To travel between the village and the station by road was a much longer journey. The main customer of the station was the corn mill belonging to Francis R Thompstone & Sons Ltd which was situated next to the station. Thompstones also had their own 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) tramway which ran for 0.75 miles (1.21 km) from the mill to the Macclesfield Canal and was used for transporting corn from the canal to the mill. The tramway opened in 1887 and closed around 1925. Remains of the track can still just be seen in a shallow cutting through woodland, leading to the old transhipment dock, just below Bosley bottom lock.[2]

Bosley station remained open until passenger services were withdrawn from the northern end of the Churnet valley line (North RodeLeek) in 1960.[3] Freight services lasted until 1964 when they too were withdrawn and the track lifted.[3]

Today, the station remains as a private residence and the church near it still remains active. The trackbed has been built on by industrial buildings. The trackbed can be traced on a map to Leek and Macclesfield.

Route

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
North Rode
Line open, station closed
  North Staffordshire Railway
Churnet Valley Line
  Rushton
Line and station closed

References

Notes
  1. The station opened for public use on 1 September 1849 but had been used for an excursion train to Bosley Fair in early August 1849[1]
Footnotes
  1. Quick 2009, p. 93.
  2. Jeuda 1999, p. 53.
  3. Christiansen & Miller 1971, p. 304.
Sources
  • Christiansen, Rex; Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
  • Jeuda, Basil (1999). The Churnet Valley Railway. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1-899889-05-1.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

53.18317°N 2.13155°W / 53.18317; -2.13155

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.