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Wedgwood railway station served the Wedgwood complex in Barlaston, Staffordshire, England. Although the station is not officially closed, there has been no train service at the station since 2004 and it is instead served by a rail replacement bus.[1]

Wedgwood
Wedgwood station in 2007
General information
Location	Barlaston, Stafford England
Grid reference	SJ886393
Managed by	West Midlands Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WED
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
1 January 1940	Opened as Wedgwood Halt
14 June 1965	Renamed Wedgwood
23 May 2004	Service withdrawn

History

The station was opened by the London Midland & Scottish Railway on 1 January 1940[2] to serve the Wedgwood complex in Staffordshire, England. Nearby is Barlaston Hall, and the station also serves the village of Trentham, near Stoke-on-Trent.

It was originally named Wedgwood Halt, and was renamed Wedgwood on 14 June 1965.[3] From 23 May 2004[2] the line through the station was temporarily closed for major refurbishment work, but upon completion the station was not re-opened; the tracks through the station are still regularly used but trains do not stop there. Along with nearby Barlaston, a rail replacement bus serves the station instead, operated by D&G 100,[4] which accepts valid rail tickets.[1]

The station is currently threatened with complete closure – it was formerly served by the Stoke-on-Trent to Stafford stopping service, but was not included as a stop on the Crewe–London Euston service ran by then-operator London Midland. There were plans to have it re-opened to traffic in 2018 when the next West Midlands rail franchise started. This did not happen in 2018, although the new franchise tender includes proposals to reinstate either this station or Barlaston as a stop on a new Birmingham - Stoke - Crewe service.[5]

Access to the platforms is no longer possible as the station has been fenced off. Network Rail have erected signs saying the platforms are structurally unsafe.

Plans to officially close the station to passengers, and reopen Barlaston, were planned for May 2021.^{[citation needed]} However no Notice of Closure for Wedgwood has been published and there is no service at Barlaston.

See also

• Railway stations not officially closed with no services in the United Kingdom

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Rugeley to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 75-78. ISBN 9781908174901. OCLC 972169395.

External links

• Train times and station information for Wedgwood railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		Historical railways		Following station
Stoke-on-Trent Line and station open		Central Trains Stafford to Manchester Line		Barlaston Line open, station closed
Trentham Line open, station closed		London, Midland and Scottish Railway Stafford to Manchester Line		Barlaston and Tittensor Line and station open

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