Uttoxeter railway station
Uttoxeter 
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| Location | |
| Place | Uttoxeter |
| Local authority | East Staffordshire |
| Coordinates | 52°53′48″N 1°51′27″W / 52.8968°N 1.8575°WCoordinates: 52°53′48″N 1°51′27″W / 52.8968°N 1.8575°W |
| Grid reference | SK097332 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | UTT |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 154,000 |
| 2012/13 |
140,774 |
| 2013/14 |
 148,370 |
| 2014/15 |
170,280 |
| 2015/16 |
151,582 |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | North Staffordshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 7 August 1848 | Uttoxeter Bridge Street opened |
| 13 July 1849 | Uttoxeter Junction opened |
| 13 July 1849 | Uttoxeter Dove Bank opened |
| 10 October 1881 | Earlier stations closed; present station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Uttoxeter from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Uttoxeter railway station 
pronounced (listen) serves the town of Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, England. It is served by trains on the Crewe-Derby Line which is also a Community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains. The full range of tickets for travel are purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost, but there are no retail facilities at this station.
The present station was built by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) to serve its main line from Stoke-on-Trent to Derby. Prior to 1881, three different stations had been in use simultaneously, all being built by the NSR.
The section from Stoke-on-Trent to Uttoxeter was opened on 7 August 1848. The first station opened in the town was Uttoxeter Bridge Street station, which opened the same day as the line opened from Stoke. However the station buildings were not complete and temporarily the crossing keeper's hut nearby was used. The following month on 11 September 1848 the line was completed through to Burton and through running between Stoke and Derby began. When the Churnet Valley Line was opened on 13 July 1849, Uttoxeter Junction station was opened on the mainline to serve as an interchange with the Churnet Valley line and on the same date, Uttoxeter Dove Bank station was also opened on the Churnet Valley line.
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