Trentham Gardens railway station
| Trentham Gardens | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Trentham, Staffordshire |
| Area | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Grid reference | SJ867412 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
| Post-grouping |
London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways (London Midland region) |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 28 March 1910 | Opened as Trentham Park[1] |
| September 1927 | closed to regular traffic[1] |
| 7 October 1946 | renamed Trentham Gardens[2] |
| 1 October 1957 | closed[1] |
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Trentham Gardens railway station (originally named Trentham Park) was the last station built by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) and was the terminus of the short 1 mile 14 chains (1.89 km) Trentham Park branch.[2]
The line was built to serve Trentham Gardens which had recently donated to the County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent by the 4th Duke of Sutherland.[3]
Regular passenger traffic on the branch line was withdrawn between 1927 and 1938 although excursion trains ran frequently. In 1938 a regular Sunday service was reintroduced but the outbreak of the Second World War led to the discontinuation of these services.[2]
During the war the Central Clearing House of the Bank of England was evacuated from London to Trentham Hall[4] and regular goods trains ran to Trentham Park to deliver supplies and excursion trains continued throughout the war.[2]
After the war excursion trains resumed and in 1946 the station was renamed Trentham Gardens.[2] The growth in car traffic made the branch line less economic and it closed at the end of 1957[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 386. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Jeuda, Basil (2010). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. 1. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-1899889-48-8.
- ↑ Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. p. 114. ISBN 0-7153-5121- 4.
- ↑ Hennessey, Elizabeth (1992). A Domestic History of the Bank of England, 1930-1960. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521391405.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | North Staffordshire Railway | Hanford Road Line and station closed |
Coordinates: 52°58′08″N 2°11′53″W / 52.969°N 2.198°W