Meir railway station

Meir
General information
LocationMeir, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent
England
Coordinates52°58′37″N 2°05′55″W / 52.9770°N 2.0985°W / 52.9770; -2.0985
Grid referenceSJ935421
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
12 May 1894Opened[1]
7 November 1966Closed[1]

Meir railway station served the Meir area of Stoke-on-Trent, England. It was opened in 1894 by the North Staffordshire Railway on its line to Derby and was situated in a cutting to the east of Meir tunnel.

The station closed in 1966 with hardly any evidence of its existence left today apart from the footprint of the buildings which are covered in vegetation.

The building was of timber construction which had a booking office with cast iron coal burning stove, a waiting room that had benched seating, a small store room for cleaning and bike storage, and a bucket type toilet that was normally emptied by the junior porter in a dug out hole in the small wooded area to the rear of the building.

There was a wooden shelter in the middle of the downside platform, and on the eastern end stood the coal shed made of sleepers complete with chute from the bridge for road vehicle delivery.[2]

Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Line open, station closed
North Staffordshire Railway
Line and station open
  1. ^ a b Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  2. ^ Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.