Bucknall and Northwood railway station

Bucknall and Northwood
Bucknall and Northwood station immediately after closure in 1962
Location
Place	Bucknall, Staffordshire
Area	Stoke-on-Trent
Coordinates	53°01′23″N 2°09′18″W / 53.023°N 2.155°W / 53.023; -2.155Coordinates: 53°01′23″N 2°09′18″W / 53.023°N 2.155°W / 53.023; -2.155
Grid reference	SJ896472
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 June 1864	Opened
7 May 1956	Closed to passengers
4 June 1962	Closed for goods
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Bucknall and Northwood railway station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1864 to serve the Bucknall area of Stoke-on-Trent. Situated on the company's Biddulph Valley line, the station was served by passenger trains between Stoke and Congleton on the Biddulph line and by trains between Stoke and Leek on the Stoke-Leek line. Passenger services on the Biddulph line ceased in 1927, but services on the Leek line continued until May 1956. After this date the station was still used for special and excursion trains until complete closure in 1962.

The line to Leek remained in use (as far as Leekbrook) until 1988 and the track remains in place and it is planned for the line to reopen under plans put forward by Moorland & City Railways.