Caldon Low Halt | |
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General information | |
Location | Cauldon, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands England |
Coordinates | 53°02′34″N 1°53′30″W / 53.0428°N 1.8917°W |
Grid reference | SK073495 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
1 July 1905 | Opened[1] |
30 September 1935 | Closed[1] |
Caldon Low Halt railway station was a railway station near the hamlet of Cauldon, Staffordshire. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1905 and closed in 1935.[2]
The station was on the NSR Waterhouses branch line from Leekbrook Junction to Waterhouses. The single line branch was authorised on 1 March 1899 by the Leek, Caldon Low, and Hartington Light Railways Order, 1898,[3][4] and construction took until 1905.
The station was solely for the use of workmen from the nearby Caldon Low quarries, and their families. There were no goods facilities, just a single wooden platform for passengers with an old coach body to act as an waiting room.[5] The halt a request stop and was unstaffed with passengers paying for their tickets at their destination. The only exception to this was on Leek market days when a porter from Waterhouses would walk to Caldon Low to issue tickets.[6]
The branch line was never a financial success and the halt closed on 30 September 1935 when passenger services on the line were withdrawn.[7]
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Waterhouses | North Staffordshire Railway Waterhouses branch |
Winkhill |