Stockton Brook railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire.
History
The
Stoke–Leek line
The Stoke to Leek line is a mothballed railway route, which up until 1988 was used by BR freight trains to reach the quarries at both Cauldon Lowe and Oakamoor.
The line is made up of two sections; The first section is the remains of the former ...
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 ...
(NSR) in 1867 but it was not until 1896 that a station to serve the village of
Stockton Brook was built. Situated on the single track section of the line between Milton Junction (where the line diverged from the Biddulph Valley line) and Endon, the station had only a single platform situated in a shallow cutting. The station buildings were at street level. During the
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period the station was known as ''Stockton Brook for Brown Edge''.
Passenger services over the line were withdrawn in 1956 and the station closed. The station buildings remain in existence and are now a shop. The line through the station continued in use until 1988 for freight services and since then the line has officially been out of use but not closed.
Route
Stationmasters
Below is a list of stationmasters for Stockton Brook Railway Station.
* Mr Hudson (1918)
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Disused railway stations in Stoke-on-Trent
Former North Staffordshire Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1956
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1896