Wedgwood railway station served the

Wedgwood Wedgwood is an English fine china, porcelain and luxury accessories manufacturer that was founded on 1 May 1759 by the potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood and was first incorporated in 1895 as Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd. It was rapid ...

complex in Barlaston,

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. Although the station is not officially closed, there has been no train service at the station since 2004 and it is instead served by a rail replacement bus.

History

The station was opened by the London Midland & Scottish Railway on 1 January 1940 to serve the

complex in

. Nearby is

Barlaston Hall Barlaston Hall is an English Palladian country house in the village of Barlaston in Staffordshire, on a ridge overlooking the valley of the River Trent to the west, about south of Stoke-on-Trent, with the towns of Stone about to the south, and ...

, and the station also serves the village of Trentham, near

Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...

. It was originally named ''Wedgwood Halt'', and was renamed ''Wedgwood'' on 14 June 1965. From 23 May 2004 the line through the station was temporarily closed for major refurbishment work, but upon completion the station was not re-opened; the tracks through the station are still regularly used but trains do not stop there. Along with nearby , a rail replacement bus serves the station instead, operated by D&G 100, which accepts valid rail tickets. The station is currently threatened with complete closure – it was formerly served by the to stopping service, but was not included as a stop on the Crewe–London Euston service ran by then-operator

London Midland London Midland was a train operating company in England which operated the West Midlands franchise between 11 November 2007 and 10 December 2017. It was owned by the British transport group Govia. London Midland was created as a result of Gov ...

. There were plans to have it re-opened to traffic in 2018 when the next West Midlands rail franchise started. This did not happen in 2018, although the new franchise tender includes proposals to reinstate either this station or Barlaston as a stop on a new Birmingham - Stoke - Crewe service."Plan to reopen closed Wedgwood or Barlaston railway stations back on"
'Stoke Sentinel'' news article 31 August 2016; Retrieved 28 October 2016 Access to the platforms is no longer possible as the station has been fenced off. Network Rail have erected signs saying the platforms are structurally unsafe. Plans to officially close the station 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.

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