Grindley railway station was a former British railway station to serve the village of Grindley in Staffordshire.
Grindley | |
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 Grindley station site and goods yard, now a private residence. | |
| General information | |
| Location | South of Gratwich, Stafford England |
| Coordinates | 52°51′38″N 1°56′41″W / 52.8605°N 1.9447°W |
| Grid reference | SK038292 |
| 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 |
| 4 December 1939 | Station closed[1] |
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It was opened by the Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway in 1867 and closed in 1939. 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.
Originally single line, a passing loop was added in 1887. Built in a cutting, the main station buildings were next to the road above, with the booking office on the main platform. Like most of the others on the line, the platforms were staggered, both accessible by cart tracks.[2]
Two miles further north the single line entered Bromshall Tunnel before reaching its junction with North Staffordshire Railway line to Uttoxeter.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Derby to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 84-85. ISBN 9781908174932. OCLC 954271104.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Line and station closed | Great Northern Railway | Line closed, station open |
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