Rocester railway station
Rocester railway station | |
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Rocester station in 1959
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Location | |
Place | Rocester |
Area | East Staffordshire |
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Operations | |
Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
Pre-grouping | North Staffordshire Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
1 August 1849 | Opened[1] |
4 January 1965 | Closed[1] |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Rocester railway station was a railway station built by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) located at Rocester in Staffordshire.
History
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It was opened in 1849 by the NSR on its Churnet Valley Line between North Rode and Uttoxeter. Three years later the station became a junction station when the NSR built a branch to Ashbourne via Norbury and Ellaston. This was met in 1899 by the Ashbourne Line from Buxton built by the LNWR.[2]
The aim of the LNWR was to run expresses from Buxton to London, as well as gaining access to Derby 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 1956. The station closed when the Churnet Valley Line closed in 1965.
Route
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Norbury and Ellaston | North Staffordshire Railway Ashbourne Line |
Uttoxeter | ||
Denstone | North Staffordshire Railway Churnet Valley Line |
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References
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- Disused railway stations in Staffordshire
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- Former North Staffordshire Railway stations
- Beeching closures in England
- 1849 establishments in England