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Meir railway station served the Meir area of Stoke-on-Trent, England. It was opened in 1894 by the North Staffordshire Railway on its line to Derby and was situated in a cutting to the east of Meir tunnel.

Meir
General information
LocationMeir, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent
England
Coordinates52.9770°N 2.0985°W / 52.9770; -2.0985
Grid referenceSJ935421
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
  • London, Midland and Scottish Railway
  • London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
12 May 1894Opened[1]
7 November 1966Closed[1]

The station closed in 1966 with hardly any evidence of its existence left today apart from the footprint of the buildings which are covered in vegetation.

The building was of timber construction which had a booking office with cast iron coal burning stove, a waiting room that had benched seating, a small store room for cleaning and bike storage, and a bucket type toilet that was normally emptied by the junior porter in a dug out hole in the small wooded area to the rear of the building.

There was a wooden shelter in the middle of the downside platform, and on the eastern end stood the coal shed made of sleepers complete with chute from the bridge for road vehicle delivery.[2]

Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Normacot
Line open, station closed
North Staffordshire Railway
Crewe to Derby Line
Blythe Bridge
Line and station open

Re-opening proposal


On 23 May 2020, it was announced by the UK Department for Transport that they would fund a feasibility study into re-opening Meir railway station as part of their Restoring Your Railway policy. The re-opening would depend on a suitable business case being proposed and accepted.[3]


Tunnel


Meir railway tunnel is located between Longton in the west and Meir station in the east. The east tunnel portal is located at the end of Meir station and runs for 744 metres (814 yd).[4] The tunnel was constructed by the North Staffordshire Railway and was opened in 1848 when the line was opened between Stoke and Uttoxeter on 7 August of that year.


References


  1. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  2. Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.
  3. "National Infrastructure Strategy" (PDF). GOV.UK. HM Treasury. November 2020. p. 41. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. West tunnel portal is at SJ 9261 4266.

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