Hanley railway station

Hanley
Hanley
General information
Location	Hanley, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent; England
Coordinates	53.0257°N 2.1805°W
Grid reference	SJ879476
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway ; British Railways (London Midland region)
Key dates
13 July 1864	Opened[1]
1 November 1873	Relocated to Trinity Street[1]
2 March 1964	Closed to passengers[1]
1 August 1966	Closed to goods traffic

Hanley railway station was built by the North Staffordshire Railway as part of the Potteries Loop Line and served the town of Hanley, Staffordshire, England.

History

The original station opened along with the first section of the Loop in 1864, but when the latter reached Burslem in 1873, a new station was built on a sharp curve (8 chains radius) in a cutting below Trinity Street.[2] The old station remained in use for goods traffic.

No trace of the main station exists today, only real trace of the station that is still standing is the top of the station wall that can be seen near rear of the car park, the cutting is filled in and is the site of the car park of the former Grand Hotel (previously the Stakis Hotel, then the Quality Hotel and now the Best Western Hotel).[3]

References

Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1858952042.

External links

Hanley Station page on Potteries.org

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Waterloo Road Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Potteries Loop Line		Etruria Line and station closed

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[Quick-1] Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

[Christiansen-2] Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.

[Ballantyne-3] Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1858952042.