Madeley
A train passing the site of the station in 1962
General information
LocationNewcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
England
Coordinates52°59′29″N 2°20′20″W / 52.9915°N 2.3389°W / 52.9915; -2.3389
Grid referenceSJ773438
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGrand Junction Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
4 July 1837Opened[1]
4 February 1952Closed[1]

Madeley railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.

The station was opened by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837.[2]:43 It closed in 1952.[1]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Whitmore
Line open, station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Grand Junction Railway
  Betley Road
Line open, station closed

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Quick (2009), p. 263.
  2. Drake, James (1838). Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1838). Moorland Reprints. ISBN 0903485257.
Sources

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Stafford to Chester. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 37-38. ISBN 9781908174345. OCLC 830024480.


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