Silverdale railway station (Staffordshire)

Silverdale
The site of Silverdale station and the former Silverdale Colliery in December 2017, now the end of the greenway from Newcastle-under-Lyme. The platforms are all that remain in situ.
General information
LocationSilverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire,
England
Coordinates53°01′02″N 2°16′33″W / 53.0172°N 2.2757°W / 53.0172; -2.2757
Grid referenceSJ816467
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
May 1863Opened
2 March 1964Closed to passengers
1998Closure of Silverdale Colliery and to all stone traffic.

Silverdale railway station was a railway station that served the village of Silverdale, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1863 and closed to passengers in 1964.[1]

In its later years, the station was used by staff operating trains to and from the adjacent colliery. For this purpose, a large rail loader was built.[2]

  1. ^ Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
  2. ^ Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.