Cheadle railway station

Cheadle
Cheadle station in 1908, with the temporary station building on the left
Location
Place	Cheadle, Staffordshire
Area	Staffordshire Moorlands
Coordinates	52°58′47″N 1°59′49″W / 52.9798°N 1.9969°W / 52.9798; -1.9969Coordinates: 52°58′47″N 1°59′49″W / 52.9798°N 1.9969°W / 52.9798; -1.9969
Grid reference	SK003425
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
1 January 1901	Opened
17 June 1963	Closed to passengers
6 March 1978	Closed to freight
1986	Closed completely
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Cheadle railway station served the English town of Cheadle, Staffordshire. It was the terminus of a branch line from Cresswell and opened in 1901.

The initial station buildings were of a temporary nature and a permanent structure was built in 1910. Later that year, the goods yard was expanded and the goods shed was extended. A new loading dock was also built and a crane was later provided. Cheadle station had a loop but no turntable and so most trains left Cheadle with the locomotive running "bunker first".

Passenger services were withdrawn in June 1963, though the closure of the service was not directly due to the Beeching Axe (withdrawal had already been proposed prior to the publication of his report in March of that year). Local sand traffic from nearby quarries continued and a new road-rail loading dock replaced the goods shed in the late 1960s. Approximately 1,200 tons per day was being moved by this time but in the 1970s the amount of traffic reduced and on 6 March 1978 public freight working was withdrawn. A small amount of traffic for railway civil engineering use continued until 1986.

Charter trains were proposed in 1985 with a test train running from London Euston - Cheadle to bring passenger to Alton Towers, however the scheme was not successful.

The only trace of the station that remains today is the station master's house; the remains of the station were demolished in 1994 to make way for a new housing development.