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Mow Cop and Scholar Green railway station was a station on the North Staffordshire Railway between Stoke-on-Trent and Congleton. It served the village of Mow Cop.

Mow Cop and Scholar Green
General information
LocationMow Cop, Cheshire East
England
Coordinates53.1188°N 2.2345°W / 53.1188; -2.2345
Grid referenceSJ843579
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway[1]
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
c. January 1849Opened as Mow Cop[2]
c. 1897–8Renamed Mow Cop (Scholar Green)[2]
1905Platforms extended[3]
1923Renamed Mow Cop and Scholar Green[2]
7 September 1964 (1964-09-07)Closed[2]

The line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 9 October 1848 but the station at Mow Cop did not open until the beginning of January 1849.[2] It closed in 1964 and was immortalised that year in the song Slow Train by Flanders and Swann.[4]

The signal box survived in use until 2002, and is now preserved privately in the village.[5]

Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Congleton
Line and station open
North Staffordshire Railway
Stafford–Manchester line
Line and station open
North Staffordshire Railway
Potteries Loop Line
Line and station closed

References


  1. Paul Shannon & John Hillmer (2003). British Railways Past and Present no 40 Cheshire. Kettering: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. p. 100. ISBN 1-85895-232-8.
  2. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 319.
  3. Jeuda, Basil (1 May 1996). THE KNOTTY An Illustrated Survey Of The North Staffordshire Railway. Lightmoor Press. p. 28. ISBN 1899889019.
  4. Kerr, Michael, ed. (2011). Sunrise on the Southbound Sleeper: The New Telegraph Book of Great Railway Journeys. Aurum Press. p. 190. ISBN 978 1845136680.
  5. "Mow Cop Signalbox". Retrieved 15 November 2009.


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