Hartshill and Basford Halt railway station

Disused railway station in Staffordshire, England

53°00′47″N 2°12′20″W / 53.0131°N 2.2056°W / 53.0131; -2.2056Grid referenceSJ863462Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyNorth Staffordshire RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1 May 1905Opened[1]20 Sept 1926Closed

Hartshill and Basford Halt was a railway station located between the Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme stations on the Market Drayton branch of the North Staffordshire Railway, approx 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Newcastle.

It closed in 1926.[1]

Present day

The tunnel between Newcastle-Under-Lyme and Hartshill and Basford Halt has been filled in and built on by housing and small commercial units.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Line closed, station closed
  North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke-Market Drayton Line
  Stoke on Trent
Line closed, station open

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b Quick (2009), p. 203.
Sources
  • 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.
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