Trentham Gardens railway station (originally named Trentham Park) was the last station built by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) and was the terminus of the short 1 mile 14 chains (1.18 miles; 1.89 kilometres) Trentham Park branch.[2]
Trentham Gardens | |
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General information | |
Location | Trentham, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent England |
Coordinates | 52.9690°N 2.1963°W / 52.9690; -2.1963 |
Grid reference | SJ867412 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways (London Midland region) |
Key dates | |
28 March 1910 | Opened as Trentham Park[1] |
September 1927 | closed to regular traffic[1] |
7 October 1946 | renamed Trentham Gardens[2] |
1 October 1957 | closed[1] |
The line was built to serve Trentham Gardens which had recently been opened to the public as pleasure gardens.[3]
Regular passenger traffic on the branch line was withdrawn between 1927 and 1938 although excursion trains ran frequently. In 1938 a regular Sunday service was reintroduced but the outbreak of the Second World War led to the discontinuation of these services.[2]
During the war the Bankers' Clearing House – the arrangement of the clearing banks to exchange cheques – was evacuated from London to Trentham Hall[4] and regular goods trains ran to Trentham Park to deliver supplies. Excursion trains continued throughout the war.[2]
After the war excursion trains continued, and in 1946 the station was renamed Trentham Gardens.[2] The growth in car traffic made the branch line less economic and it closed at the end of 1957[1]
Since closure the site of the station has been built upon and is now a housing estate.
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Terminus | North Staffordshire Railway Trentham Park branch | Hanford Road Line and station closed |
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