Caldon Low Halt railway station

Disused railway station in England

53°02′34″N 1°53′30″W / 53.0428°N 1.8917°W / 53.0428; -1.8917Grid referenceSK073495Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyNorth Staffordshire RailwayPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1 July 1905Opened[1]30 September 1935Closed[1]

Caldon Low Halt railway station was a railway station near the hamlet of Cauldon, Staffordshire. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1905 and closed in 1935.[2]

Construction and opening

The station was on the NSR Waterhouses branch line from Leekbrook Junction to Waterhouses. The single line branch was authorised on 1 March 1899 by the Leek, Caldon Low, and Hartington Light Railways Order, 1898,[3][4] and construction took until 1905.

Station layout

The station was solely for the use of workmen from the nearby Caldon Low quarries, and their families. There were no goods facilities, just a single wooden platform for passengers with an old coach body to act as an waiting room.[5] The halt a request stop and was unstaffed with passengers paying for their tickets at their destination. The only exception to this was on Leek market days when a porter from Waterhouses would walk to Caldon Low to issue tickets.[6]

Closure

The branch line was never a financial success and the halt closed on 30 September 1935 when passenger services on the line were withdrawn.[7]

Route

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Waterhouses   North Staffordshire Railway
Waterhouses branch
  Winkhill

Notes

  1. ^ a b Quick (2009), p. 111.
  2. ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 304.
  3. ^ "Light Railways Act 1896". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 21 March 1899. col. 1552.
  4. ^ "No. 27062". The London Gazette. 14 March 1899. p. 1761.
  5. ^ Jeuda (2014), p. 154.
  6. ^ Jeuda (1980), p. 74.
  7. ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 258.

References

  • 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.
  • Christiansen, Rex; Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
  • Jeuda, Basil (1980). The Leek, Caldon & Waterhouses Railway. Cheddleton, Staffordshire: North Staffordshire Railway Company (1978). ISBN 0-907133-00-2.
  • Jeuda, Basil (2014). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. Vol. 3. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1-899889-83-9.
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