Mow Cop and Scholar Green railway station was a station on the

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between

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and

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. It served the village of

Mow Cop Mow Cop is a village split between Cheshire and Staffordshire, and therefore divided between the North West England, North West and West Midlands (region), West Midlands regions of England. It is south of Manchester and north of Stoke-on-Trent ...

. The line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 9 October 1848 but the station at Mow Cop did not open until the beginning of January 1849. It closed in 1964 and was immortalised that year in the song ''Slow Train'' by

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. The

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survived in use until 2002, and is now preserved privately in the village.

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Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Disused railway stations in Cheshire Former North Staffordshire Railway stations Beeching closures in England {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub