Salt and Sandon railway station

Salt and Sandon railway station was a former British railway station opened by the Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway to serve the village of Salt in Staffordshire in 1867.[2]

Salt and Sandon
General information
LocationSalt, Stafford
England
Coordinates52°50′50″N 2°03′55″W / 52.8472°N 2.0654°W / 52.8472; -2.0654
Grid referenceSJ956277
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyStafford and Uttoxeter Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
23 December 1867Station opened
4 December 1939Station closed[1]

Until 1904 it was known simply as "Salt" the name being changed to avoid confusion with Sandon and Salt station on the North Staffordshire Railway. Sandon was actually about two miles away, the station being nearer to Sandon Bank.

The Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway was purchased for £100,000 by the Great Northern Railway in July 1881 and the line subsequently passed into LNER ownership with Railway Grouping in 1923.

From Salt the line turned sharply south east towards Ingestre, before passing over the North Staffordshire Railway's main line from Stone to Colwich.

Passenger services finished in 1939.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Line and station closed
Great Northern Railway
Line and station closed

References

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  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ^ Jones P (1981) The Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway, Salisbury: The Oakwood Press

Further reading

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  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Derby to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 90. ISBN 9781908174932. OCLC 954271104.