Colwich railway station

Colwich railway station is a disused railway station in Colwich, Staffordshire, England. The former station is adjacent to Colwich Junction, where the Trent Valley Line to Stafford and the cut-off line to Stoke-on-Trent diverge.

Colwich
Former station house
General information
LocationColwich, Staffordshire
England
Coordinates52°47′19″N 1°59′12″W / 52.7886°N 1.9868°W / 52.7886; -1.9868
Grid referenceSK009212
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyTrent Valley Railway
Pre-groupingLondon & North Western Railway
North Staffordshire Railway
Key dates
15 September 1847Opened[1]
3 February 1958Closed[1]

Authorisation for a railway line between Rugby and Stafford was obtained in 1845 by the Trent Valley Railway. By 1847, the Trent Valley Railway company had been incorporated in the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the line was opened.[2] A station opened at Colwich in September of that year and, like most of the stations on the Trent Valley Railway, it was designed by the architect John William Livock.[3]

In 1849, the railway line between Stone and Colwich was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR).[4] At Colwich, the LNWR and NSR agreed to own and operate the station jointly;[5] a situation that remained until both railways became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923.

Local passenger services over the former NSR route were withdrawn in 1947[5] and all other services were withdrawn from Colwich in 1958, when the station was closed.[1]

The former station house remains alongside the tracks and is now a Grade II listed building.[6]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Milford and Brocton
Line open, station closed
  London & North Western Railway
Trent Valley Line
  Rugeley Trent Valley
Line and station open
Great Haywood
Line open, station closed
  North Staffordshire Railway
Stone to Colwich Line
  Terminus

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Notes
  1. ^ a b c Quick (2009), p. 132.
  2. ^ Hackwood (1925), p. 99.
  3. ^ Anderson & Fox (1981), p. 98.
  4. ^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 299.
  5. ^ a b Jeuda (2010), p. 91.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Former railway station house (1116586)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
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