Hartshill and Basford Halt railway station
Hartshill and Basford Halt | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire England |
| Coordinates | 53°00′47″N 2°12′20″W / 53.0131°N 2.2056°W |
| Grid reference | SJ863462 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1905 | Opened[1] |
| 20 Sept 1926 | Closed |
Hartshill and Basford Halt was a railway station located between the Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme stations on the Market Drayton branch of the North Staffordshire Railway, approx 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Newcastle.
It closed in 1926 three years after the North Staffordshire Railway was succeeded by the London Midland and Scottish Railway or LMS for short until the line to Newcastle under Lyme closed in 1964-5.[1]
Present day
The tunnel between Newcastle-Under-Lyme and Hartshill and Basford Halt has been filled in and built on by housing and small commercial units but in the park area where the tunnel used to be at what leads to Newcastle under Lyme the trackbed what still exists is a footpath what many walkers and dog walkers pass on by as well as there is the kids playground with a skateboarding area with a basketball area and some mini gym equipment as well.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle-under-Lyme Line closed, station closed |
North Staffordshire Railway Stoke-Market Drayton Line |
Stoke on Trent Line closed, station open |
References
- Notes
- ^ a b Quick (2009), p. 203.
- Sources
- 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.