Oakamoor railway station

Oakamoor
Oakamoor
	Platform remains in 2009
General information
Location	Oakamoor, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire; England
Coordinates	52°59′50″N 1°55′19″W / 52.9971°N 1.9219°W
Grid reference	SK053444
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway; British Railways London Midland Region;
Key dates
1 September 1849	Opened
4 January 1965	Closed

Oakamoor railway station is a closed railway station in the Churnet Valley, Staffordshire. The station was opened in 1849 as part of the Churnet Valley Line constructed by the North Staffordshire Railway. Serving the village of Oakamoor the station remained open until 1965 when all services were withdrawn, A little north of the station, freight traffic from Oakamoor Sand Sidings continued until 1988.

From 1917 until 1963 shunting in these sidings was performed by a battery-electric locomotive, built on a wagon chassis. This has now been preserved at the National Railway Museum.

Preservation

The track remains in situ as far as the sand sidings and is now owned by the Churnet Valley Railway (CVR). It is not yet in regular use, but on 21 September 2008, the first service for 20 years ran to Oakamoor with a CVR shareholders' special.

The railway trackbed that extends down the Churnet Valley to the former station at Alton has been converted to a footpath.

The CVR hopes to one day reach Oakamoor station as part of a project in bringing the CVR into becoming the largest preserved railway network within the centre of England.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Kingsley and Froghall		North Staffordshire Railway Churnet Valley Line		Alton Towers

Notes

^ ^a ^b Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

External links

Oakamoor station on navigable 1948 O. S. map

[Quick-1] Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

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