20 October 1863 Station opens | 9 September 1963 Station closes | |
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Similar Balderton railway station, Broxton railway station, Hassall Green railway st, Mickle Trafford railway st, Blacon railway station | ||
Audlem railway station was a station on the former Great Western Railway between Market Drayton and Nantwich, opened in 1863.
It served the village of Audlem in Cheshire, England until closure in 1963. The station was immortalised in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.
History
The station was built by the Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway (N&MDR) and opened on 20 October 1863, although the line was operated by the Great Western Railway from its opening, and the N&MDR eventually amalgamated with the Great Western Railway in 1897. The line passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was then closed to passengers by the British Railways Board on 9 September 1963.
References
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