Caldon Low Halt railway station was a railway station near the hamlet of Cauldon, Staffordshire. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1905 and closed in 1935.[2]
Caldon Low Halt | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Cauldon, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands England |
| Coordinates | 53°02′34″N 1°53′30″W / 53.0428°N 1.8917°W |
| Grid reference | SK073495 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 July 1905 | Opened[1] |
| 30 September 1935 | Closed[1] |
Construction and opening edit
The station was on the NSR Waterhouses branch line from Leekbrook Junction to Waterhouses. The single line branch was authorised on 1 March 1899 by the Leek, Caldon Low, and Hartington Light Railways Order, 1898,[3][4] and construction took until 1905.
Station layout edit
The station was solely for the use of workmen from the nearby Caldon Low quarries, and their families. There were no goods facilities, just a single wooden platform for passengers with an old coach body to act as an waiting room.[5] The halt a request stop and was unstaffed with passengers paying for their tickets at their destination. The only exception to this was on Leek market days when a porter from Waterhouses would walk to Caldon Low to issue tickets.[6]
Closure edit
The branch line was never a financial success and the halt closed on 30 September 1935 when passenger services on the line were withdrawn.[7]
Route edit
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterhouses | North Staffordshire Railway Waterhouses branch |
Winkhill | ||
Notes edit
- ^ a b Quick (2009), p. 111.
- ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 304.
- ^ "Light Railways Act 1896". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 21 March 1899. col. 1552.
- ^ "No. 27062". The London Gazette. 14 March 1899. p. 1761.
- ^ Jeuda (2014), p. 154.
- ^ Jeuda (1980), p. 74.
- ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 258.
References edit
- 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.
- Christiansen, Rex; Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
- Jeuda, Basil (1980). The Leek, Caldon & Waterhouses Railway. Cheddleton, Staffordshire: North Staffordshire Railway Company (1978). ISBN 0-907133-00-2.
- Jeuda, Basil (2014). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. Vol. 3. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1-899889-83-9.