Place Cheadle, Staffordshire 1 January 1901 Opened | Grid reference SK003425 Platforms in use 1 | |
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Area Staffordshire Moorlands Pre-grouping North Staffordshire Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways Similar Coronation Chair, Churnet Valley Railway, Stafford railway station, Stoke‑on‑Trent railway station | ||
Cheadle railway station served the English town of Cheadle, Staffordshire. It was the terminus of a branch line from Cresswell and opened in 1901.
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Facilities
The initial station buildings were of a temporary nature and a permanent structure was built in 1910. Later that year, the goods yard was expanded and the goods shed was extended. A new loading dock was also built and a crane was later provided. Cheadle station had a loop but no turntable and so most trains left Cheadle with the locomotive running "bunker first".
Later years
Passenger services were withdrawn in June 1963, though the closure of the service was not directly due to the Beeching Axe (withdrawal had already been proposed prior to the publication of his report in March of that year). Local sand traffic from nearby quarries continued and a new road-rail loading dock replaced the goods shed in the late 1960s. Approximately 1,200 tons per day was being moved by this time but in the 1970s the amount of traffic reduced and on 6 March 1978 public freight working was withdrawn. A small amount of traffic for railway civil engineering use continued until 1986.
Charter trains were proposed in 1985 with a test train running from London Euston - Cheadle to bring passenger to Alton Towers, however the scheme was not successful.
The site today
The only trace of the station that remains today is the station master's house; the remains of the station were demolished in 1994 to make way for a new housing development.