Black Bull railway station

Disused railway station in Biddulph, Staffordshire

Black Bull

the remains of station photographed in 1962

General information
Location| Biddulph, Staffordshire Moorlands
England
Coordinates| 53°05′33″N 2°11′00″W﻿ / ﻿53.0925°N 2.1833°W﻿ / 53.0925; -2.1833
Grid reference| SJ878550
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping| London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 June 1864| Opened[1]
11 July 1927| Closed to passenger traffic[1]
6 January 1964| Closed to all traffic[2]

Black Bull railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.

The station was opened in 1864 by the North Staffordshire Railway on the company's Biddulph Valley Line. The line had opened in 1860 and was primarily concerned with mineral traffic, mostly coal and ironstone from the collieries and ironworks along the Biddulph Valley.[3] Passenger services were of a much lesser interest to the NSR so it was not until a few years later that a number of stations were opened supported by an infrequent number of passenger trains.

Passenger traffic was never intensive and by 1922 all the places along the valley were better served by bus services.[3] Consequently, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway withdrew the passenger services in 1927.[4] Facilities for goods traffic remained until 1964.[2]

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Biddulph
Line and station closed |  | North Staffordshire Railway
Biddulph Valley line |  | Chell Halt
Line and station closed

## References

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Notes

1. ^ a b Quick (2009), p. 87.
2. ^ a b Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 306.
3. ^ a b Jeuda (2014), p. 45.
4. ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 256.

Sources

* Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
* Jeuda, Basil (2014). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. Vol. 3\. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1899889-83-9.
* Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

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Closed railway stations in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent

Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway|

* Barton and Walton

Grand Junction Railway|

* Four Ashes
* Gailey
* Madeley
* Standon Bridge
* Whitmore

Great Western Railway|

* Himley
* Wombourn

Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway|

* Beeston Tor
* Butterton
* Ecton
* Grindon
* Hulme End
* Redhurst Halt
* Sparrowlee
* Thor's Cave
* Waterhouses
* Wetton Mill

London, Midland and Scottish Railway|

* Cold Meece

London and North Western Railway|

* Armitage

Midland Railway|

* Branston
* Wichnor Junction
* Croxall
* Elford

North Staffordshire Railway|

| Audley branch|

* Audley and Bignall End
* Halmerend
* Keele
* Leycett

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Biddulph Valley|

* Biddulph
* Black Bull
* Bucknall and Northwood
* Chell Halt
* Fenton Manor
* Ford Green & Smallthorne
* Knypersley Halt
* Mossley Halt

Cheadle branch|

* Cheadle
* Tean

Churnet Valley|

* Alton Towers
* Cliffe Park
* Denstone
* Leek
* Leek Brook
* Oakamoor
* Rocester
* Rudyard
* Rushton

Crewe to Derby|

* Bromshall
* Carter's Crossing Halt
* Chatterley
* Cresswell
* Etruria
* Fenton
* Leigh
* Marchington
* Meir
* Normacot
* Sudbury

Derbyshire and Staffordshire extension|

* Horninglow
* Rolleston-on-Dove
* Stretton and Claymills

Potteries Loop|

* Burslem
* Cobridge
* Etruria
* Hanley
* Kidsgrove Liverpool Road
* Market Street Halt
* Newchapel and Goldenhill
* Pitts Hill
* Tunstall
* Waterloo Road

Stoke to Leek|

* Endon
* Fenton Manor
* Leek
* Leek Brook
* Milton
* Stockton Brook
* Wall Grange

Stoke to Market Drayton|

* Brampton Halt
* Crown Street Halt
* Hartshill and Basford Halt
* Keele
* Keele Park
* Knutton Halt
* Liverpool Road Halt
* Madeley Road
* Newcastle-under-Lyme
* Silverdale

Stoke to Stafford|

* Mount Pleasant Halt
* Norton Bridge
* Sideway Halt
* Whieldon Road Halt

Stone to Colwich|

* Aston-by-Stone
* Great Haywood
* Hixon
* Sandon
* Weston and Ingestre

Trentham Park branch|

* Hanford Road Halt
* Trentham Gardens
* Trentham

Waterhouses branch|

* Bradnop
* Caldon Low Halt
* Ipstones
* Waterhouses
* Winkhill

Shropshire Union Railways|

* Haughton
* Gnosall

South Staffordshire Railway|

* Wichnor Junction
* Alrewas
* Hammerwich
* Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay

Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway|

* Chartley
* Grindley
* Ingestre
* Salt and Sandon
* Stafford Common

Trent Valley Railway|

* Colwich
* Milford and Brocton

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