Keele railway station

Madeley Road
Location
Place Newcastle-under-Lyme
Area Staffordshire
Coordinates 53°00′37″N 2°18′05″W / 53.0102°N 2.3015°W / 53.0102; -2.3015Coordinates: 53°00′37″N 2°18′05″W / 53.0102°N 2.3015°W / 53.0102; -2.3015
Grid reference SJ798459
Operations
Original company North Staffordshire Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 October 1870 Opened as Keele Road[1]
1898 Renamed Keele[1]
7 May 1956 Closed to passengers[1]
9 January 1967 Closed to all traffic[2]
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Keele railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.

The Stoke to Market Drayton Line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1870.[3] The station, then called Keele Road was opened on the same day as the line opened.[1] In 1898 the station was renamed Keele.

The line through the station was singled in 1934 and the number of platforms reduced to one but the line through the disused platform was retained as a passing loop for goods trains.[4]

Passenger traffic at the station was withdrawn in 1956 and goods traffic was withdrawn in January 1967 when the station closed altogether.[2] The line through the station remained in use until the closure of Silverdale Colliery in 1998.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Silverdale
Line closed, station closed
  North Staffordshire Railway
Stoke to Market Drayton Line
  Madeley Road
Line closed, station closed

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