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Rocester railway station was a railway station built by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) located at Rocester in Staffordshire.
It was opened in 1849 by the NSR on its Churnet Valley Line between and . Three years later the station became a junction station when the NSR built a branch to via . This was met in 1899 by the
History
It was opened in 1849 by the NSR on its Churnet Valley Line between and . Three years later the station became a junction station when the NSR built a branch to via . This was met in 1899 by the Ashbourne Line
The Ashbourne line was a railway from Buxton via Ashbourne to Uttoxeter. It was built by the London and North Western Railway using a section of the Cromford and High Peak Railway (C&HPR) and it joined the North Staffordshire Railway at Ashb ...
from built by the LNWR.Bentley, J.M., Fox, G.K., (1997) ''Railways of the High Peak: Buxton to Ashbourne (Scenes From The Past series 32),'' Romiley: Foxline Publishing
The aim of the LNWR was to run expresses from Buxton to London, as well as gaining access to Derby
Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby g ...
and the East Midlands. In fact the expresses never materialised, being no more than through coaches attached to other trains at Uttoxeter. Even in LMS days when the trains ran through from Buxton to Rocester, they were timetabled as different services which included a "through coach."
Passenger services to Ashbourne finished in 1954 and freight ended in 1964. The station closed when the Churnet Valley Line closed in 1965.
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{{Closed stations Staffordshire Disused railway stations in Staffordshire Borough of East Staffordshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 Former North Staffordshire Railway stations Beeching closures in England 1849 establishments in England 1965 disestablishments in England