Barlaston railway station served the village of

Barlaston Barlaston is a village and civil parish in the Stafford (borough), borough of Stafford in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is roughly halfway between the city of Stoke-on-Trent and the small town of Stone, Staffordshire, Stone. According ...

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. This station was opened on 17 April 1848 and is on the first line opened by the

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on that date. At some times it was called Barlaston and Tittensor after the slightly more distant village of

Tittensor Tittensor village is located in Staffordshire, England, between Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stone. The population as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Swynnerton. The village consists of mostly 1960s housing as well as the few remaining ho ...

History

Trains no longer stop at Barlaston. The to local service was withdrawn when the route was temporarily closed for major refurbishment on 23 May 2004 as part of the

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modernisation scheme and never reinstated. Passengers are now served by bus service No 100 operated by

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, which acts as the station's official

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, on which valid rail tickets (including advance purchase tickets) to/from and Barlaston are officially accepted. Access to the platforms is no longer possible as the station has been fenced off. Barlaston is not included as a stop on the – service operated by

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. The new franchise, West Midlands Trains may see the station reopened to passenger services. Barlaston & Tittensor Station 1760066 c3789dae

Barlaston is mentioned in the ghost or

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list maintained by Ghost Train Hunters enthusiasts group. The North Staffs Rail Promotion Group campaign for the restoration of the train service continues. The Department for Transport stated that the rail replacement service would continue whilst it sought a "sustainable solution" to the demand for the restoration of train services when it awarded the West Midlands Rail franchise in 2018. As from April 2021 it funds this rail replacement service in accordance with Passenger Service Level Commitment No 2 of 2008. The bustitution is currently in its eighteenth year, allegedly the longest running scheduled rail replacement in history. Plans to officially close to passengers, and reopen , were planned for May 2021. However no Notice of Closure for Wedgwood has been published and there is no service at Barlaston. No notice of closure had been issued for Barlaston.

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Parliamentary Ghost Stations site
Railway stations in Staffordshire Former North Staffordshire Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848

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