Colwich railway station

Colwich
Former station house
General information
LocationColwich, Staffordshire,
England
Coordinates52°47′19″N 1°59′12″W / 52.7886°N 1.9868°W / 52.7886; -1.9868
Grid referenceSK009212
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company
Trent Valley Railway
Pre-groupingLondon & North Western Railway;
North Staffordshire Railway
Key dates
15 September 1847Opened[1]
3 February 1958Closed[1]
Location

Colwich railway station served the village of Colwich, in Staffordshire, England. The former station is adjacent to Colwich Junction, where the Trent Valley Line to Stafford and the cut-off line to Stoke-on-Trent diverge.

History

Authorisation for a railway line between Rugby and Stafford was obtained in 1845 by the Trent Valley Railway. By 1847, the Trent Valley Railway Company had been incorporated in the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the line was opened.[2] A station opened at Colwich in September of that year and, like most of the stations on the Trent Valley Railway, it was designed by the architect John William Livock.[3]

In 1849, the railway line between Stone and Colwich was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR).[4] At Colwich, the LNWR and NSR agreed to own and operate the station jointly;[5] a situation that remained until both railways became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923.

Local passenger services over the former NSR route were withdrawn in 1947[5] and all other services were withdrawn from Colwich in 1958, when the station was closed.[1]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Milford and Brocton
Line open, station closed		   London & North Western Railway
Trent Valley Line		   Rugeley Trent Valley
Line and station open
Great Haywood
Line open, station closed		   North Staffordshire Railway
Stone to Colwich Line		   Terminus

The site today

The former station house remains alongside the tracks, which are still operational, and is now a Grade II listed building.[6]

See also

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Quick (2009), p. 132.
  2. ↑ Hackwood (1925), p. 99.
  3. ↑ Anderson & Fox (1981), p. 98.
  4. ↑ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 299.
  5. 1 2 Jeuda (2010), p. 91.
  6. ↑ Historic England. "Former railway station house (1116586)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

Sources

  • Anderson, Roy Claude & Fox, Gregory (1981). A pictorial record of L.M.S. architecture. Oxford. ISBN 978-0860930-83-9.
  • Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
  • Hackwood, Frederick Willam (1925). Glimpses of bygone Staffordshire. Mercury.
  • Jeuda, Basil (2010). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. Vol. 1. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1899889-48-8.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Rugeley to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 9-15. ISBN 9781908174901. OCLC 972169395.
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