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Biddulph railway station was a railway station opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1864. Originally named Gillow Heath the station was renamed Biddulph on 1 May 1897.[1] The station was on the Biddulph Valley line that ran from a junction just north of Congleton on the Stoke-on-Trent Macclesfield line to a junction south of Stoke-on-Trent station.

Biddulph
Biddulph Station in 1962
General information
LocationBiddulph, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands
England
Coordinates53.1214°N 2.1802°W / 53.1214; -2.1802
Grid referenceSJ881583
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 June 1864Opened as Gillow Heath
1 May 1897Renamed Biddulph
11 July 1927Closed to passengers
5 October 1964Closed to all traffic

Passenger traffic was withdrawn from the station on 11 July 1927,[2] but freight traffic continued until 5 October 1964.[3]

Biddulph station in 2020
Biddulph station in 2020
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Mossley Halt
Line and station closed
North Staffordshire Railway
Biddulph Valley line
Knypersley Halt
Line and station closed

References


  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.
  2. Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. p. 256. ISBN 0-7153-5121- 4.
  3. Clinker, C.R. (1988). Clinker's Register of closed passenger stations and good depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Weston-super-Mare: Avon-AngliA. p. 12. ISBN 0-905466-91-8.





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