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Pinnox Branch
The Pinnox railway branch officially called the Spur line ran from Pinnox Junction to Tunstall Junction which was located just south of Tunstall railway station. The line was the lower of the two branch lines at Tunstall. The Pinnox branch was connected to a nearby Colliery via the use of a private mineral line. The Pinnox branch was originally constructed as a mineral line between Longport and Tunstall. The line after leaving the main line at Longport Junction ran past Westport Lake on an embankment before passing under Davenport Road and Westport Road. The branch passed the side of what is now Co-operative Academy at Brownhill. The junction with the Potteries Loop Line was at Pinnox Junction, Tunstall. Present The line was lifted in the later 1960s after the line was used for the construction of the new Harecastle Tunnel Harecastle Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Staffordshire between Kidsgrove and Tunstall. The tunnel, which is long, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunstall Railway Station
Tunstall railway station was located on the Potteries Loop Line and served the town of Tunstall, Staffordshire. The station closed down along with the Potteries Loop Line The Potteries Loop Line was a railway line that connected Stoke-on-Trent to Mow Cop and Scholar Green via Hanley, Burslem, Tunstall and Kidsgrove. It ran between Staffordshire and Cheshire in England. It served three of the six towns of Stoke ... in 1964. The station has been demolished and the site is now part of the Potteries Greenway, although the station master's house is still in existence, located on the A527 road. References Disused railway stations in Stoke-on-Trent Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1873 Former North Staffordshire Railway stations Beeching closures in England {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potteries Loop Line
The Potteries Loop Line was a railway line that connected Stoke-on-Trent to Mow Cop and Scholar Green via Hanley, Burslem, Tunstall and Kidsgrove. It ran between Staffordshire and Cheshire in England. It served three of the six towns of Stoke on Trent (Hanley, Burslem and Tunstall). It was opened in many short sections due to the cost of railway construction during the 1870s. The line throughout was sanctioned but the North Staffordshire Railway felt that the line would be unimportant enough to abandon part way through its construction. This upset residents of the towns through which the line was planned to pass and they eventually petitioned Parliament to force the completion of the route. Stoke-on-Trent_Station_geograph-2158139.jpg, Stoke Station 1965 Burslem railway station 1952820 dbe40abb.jpg, Burslem Station 1962 Construction The line was authorised and constructed as follows: * Etruria - Shelton: authorised for construction on 2 July 1847, opening for goods in 1850 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harecastle Railway Tunnel
The Harecastle railway tunnels are three consecutive tunnels on the North Staffordshire Railway at Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England. Opened to traffic in 1848, two years after being authorised, the tunnels carried the North Staffordshire Railway line between Kidsgrove and Tunstall. The older Harecastle Canal Tunnels ran so close that vibrations from the trains allegedly affected their integrity. The Middle and South tunnels have been disused since the realignment of the railway in 1965 as their limited size made them unsuitable to install overhead electrification apparatus. In 2013 it was announced that the disused tunnels, which have continued to be maintained, would be sold to a public body. History Construction of the Harecastle railway tunnels was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1846. An alternative route for the tunnels had been considered, but was discarded, partly because of objections from Thomas Kinnersley of Clough Hall but also because the alignment had gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Staffordshire Railway
The North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) was a British railway company formed in 1845 to promote a number of lines in the Staffordshire Potteries and surrounding areas in Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Shropshire. The company was based in Stoke-on-Trent and was nicknamed ''The Knotty''; its lines were built to the standard gauge of . The main routes were constructed between 1846 and 1852 and ran from Macclesfield via Stoke to Colwich Junction joining the Trent Valley Railway, with another branch to Norton Bridge, just north of Stafford, and from Crewe to Egginton Junction, west of Derby. Within these main connections with other railway companies, most notably the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), the company operated a network of smaller lines although the total route mileage of the company never exceeded . The majority of the passenger traffic was local although a number of LNWR services from Manchester to London were operated via Stoke. Freight traffic was mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
