Churnet Valley line

Churnet Valley line
Overview
Statuspart disused
part in heritage use
LocaleStaffordshire, England
Termini
Stations14
Service
TypeHeavy rail
SystemNorth Staffordshire Railway
History
Opened1849
Closed1988
Technical
Line length27 miles 54 chains (27.68 miles, 44.54 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

North Rode
Bosley
Rushton
Cliffe Park
Rudyard
Leek
Leek Brook
Cheddleton
Consall
Kingsley and Froghall
Oakamoor
Alton Towers
Denstone
Rocester
Uttoxeter

The Churnet Valley line was one of the three original routes planned and built by the North Staffordshire Railway. Authorised in 1846, the line opened in 1849 and ran from North Rode in Cheshire to Uttoxeter in East Staffordshire. The line was closed in several stages between 1964 and 1988 but part of the central section passed into the hands of a preservation society and today operates as the Churnet Valley Railway.