Burslem railway station

Burslem railway station was a station on the Potteries Loop Line that served the town of Burslem, Staffordshire. It was located on Moorland Road, adjacent to Burslem Park.[2] It should have opened with the extension of the Potteries Loop Line from Hanley on 1 November 1873 but the Board of Trade inspector was not satisfied so there was a delay of a month before opening.[1]

Burslem
The station in 1962
Location	Burslem, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent England
Coordinates	53.0467°N 2.1926°W
Grid reference	SJ872499
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 December 1873	Opened[1]
2 March 1964	Closed to passengers[1]
3 January 1966	Closed to freight

Station site in 2018

The station closed in 1964 when the Loop Line closed. Most traces of the station have been removed although the old stationmaster's house, known as Station House, is still occupied on a site between the old line and Burslem Park on Moorland Road. The site of the station, sidings etc., is now part of a Greenway for walkers and cyclists running along part of the route of the old Loop Line which has been landscaped.[3]

References

1. Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
2. "49 fabulous pictures showing the slums of Stoke-on-Trent in the 1960s - including Hanley and Burslem". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
3. Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1858952042.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Tunstall Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Potteries Loop Line		Cobridge Line and station closed