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Hulme End railway station

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Area
  
Staffordshire

29 June 1904
  
Opened

Platforms in use
  
1

Grid reference
  
SK102593

12 March 1934
  
Closed

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Place
  
Staffordshire Moorlands

Post-grouping
  
London, Midland and Scottish Railway

Original company
  
Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway

Hulme End railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.

The station was the terminus of the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway which ran 8 14 miles (13.3 km) from Waterhouses where it made a connection with the standard gauge Waterhouses branch line of the North Staffordshire Railway.

Opened in 1904, the station had a single platform and a small goods yard with two sidings laid out for the use of transporter wagons, with a section of standard gauge track at the end of each siding. The station was also the servicing and storage point for the line's locomotives and coaching stock with both a locomotive shed and a carriage shed being provided.

The line became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 but the finances of the line were poor and the line closed in 1934. After closure, the route's right of way was acquired by Staffordshire County Council and the station site at Hulme End became a car park. The station building was retained and, now restored, is used as a visitor information centre.

References

Hulme End railway station Wikipedia