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Hanley railway station was built 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 ...
as part of 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 ...
and served the town of
Hanley Hanley is one of the six towns that, along with Burslem, Longton, Fenton, Tunstall and Stoke-upon-Trent, amalgamated to form the City of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. Hanley is the ''de facto'' city centre, having long been the ...
,
Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
, England.


History

The original station opened along with the first section of the Loop in 1864, but when the latter reached
Burslem Burslem ( ) is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Tunstall, Fenton, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent form part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. It is often referred to as the "mother town" of Stoke on Trent. T ...
in 1873, a new station was built on a sharp curve (8
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) in a
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below Trinity Street. The old station remained in use for goods traffic. No trace of the main station exists today, only real trace of the station that is still standing is the top of the station wall that can be seen near rear of the car park, the cutting is filled in and is the site of the
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of the former Grand Hotel (previously the Stakis Hotel, then the Quality Hotel and now the Best Western Hotel).


References


External links


Hanley Station page on Potteries.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanley Railway Station Disused railway stations in Stoke-on-Trent Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864 Former North Staffordshire Railway stations Beeching closures in England