Bucknall and Northwood railway station was opened by the

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 i ...

in 1864 to serve the Bucknall area of

Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...

. Situated on the company's Biddulph Valley line, the station was served by passenger trains between Stoke and on the Biddulph Valley line and by trains between Stoke and on the Stoke-Leek line. Passenger services on the Biddulph line ceased in 1927, but services on the Leek line continued until May 1956. After this date the station was still used for special and

excursion train An excursion train is a chartered train run for a special event or purpose. Examples are trains to major sporting event, trains run for railfans or tourists, and special trains operated by the railway company for employees and prominent customer ...

s until complete closure in 1962. The line to Leek remained in use (as far as Leekbrook) until 1988 and the track remains in place and it is planned for the line to reopen under plans put forward by Moorland & City Railways.

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;Notes ;Sources * * Disused railway stations in Stoke-on-Trent Former North Staffordshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1956 {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub