Leigh railway station (Staffordshire)

Former railway station in the England

For other stations with the same name, see Leigh railway station (disambiguation).

Leigh

General information
Location| Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
England
Coordinates| 52°55′08″N 1°58′46″W﻿ / ﻿52.9190°N 1.9794°W﻿ / 52.9190; -1.9794
Grid reference| SK014357
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping| London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
7 August 1848| Opened[1]
7 December 1964| Closed to goods traffic[2]
7 November 1966| Closed to passengers[1]

Leigh railway station was a railway station in Staffordshire, England.

The railway line between Stoke-on-Trent and Uttoxeter was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1848[3] and a station to serve the village of Church Leigh was opened at the same time.

The station remained open until 1966 but goods facilities had been withdrawn in 1964.[2]

Preceding station  | Historical railways | Following station

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Cresswell
Line open, station closed |  | North Staffordshire Railway
Crewe to Derby Line |  | Bromshall
Line open, station closed

## References

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Notes

1. ^ a b Quick (2009), p. 244.
2. ^ a b Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 307.
3. ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 299.

Sources

* Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
* 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.

## Further reading

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* Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Derby to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 42-45. ISBN 9781908174932. OCLC 954271104.

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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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* Commons

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