Consall railway station

Consall railway station
Consall
Consall.jpg
The re-opened station at Consall
Location
Place Consall
Area Staffordshire Moorlands
Coordinates 53°02′17″N 2°00′06″W / 53.038095°N 2.001600°W / 53.038095; -2.001600Coordinates: 53°02′17″N 2°00′06″W / 53.038095°N 2.001600°W / 53.038095; -2.001600
Operations
Pre-grouping North Staffordshire Railway
Operated by Churnet Valley Railway
Platforms 2
History
3 March 1902 opened
4 January 1965 closed to passengers
11 July 1998 reopened (preservation)
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Consall railway station is a passenger railway station on the Churnet Valley Railway in Staffordshire, England.

History

The original Consall station

Consall station, situated on the Churnet Valley Line (opened 13 July 1849) of the North Staffordshire Railway, was opened to both passengers and goods on 3 March 1902. The station was a quiet country station serving the needs of workers involved in the forge and nearby lime kilns. It was however, opened mainly for the small, nearby village. As with many stations in the 1960s, passenger numbers decreased to such an extent that the station was closed in 1965.

Re-opening, and the Churnet Valley Railway

During the 1970s a railway preservation base was setup at nearby Cheddleton station. This was later to become the base of the Churnet Valley Railway. The CVR had been slowly progressing in preserving the line when in the late 1990s they had reached the station site. The down platform was still in existence but without any platform edging stones. These were replaced and this platform opened for passengers 11 July 1998. Construction later began on the replica station buildings which opened on 3 March 2002. The second track running through the station, which had served as a run-round loop, was made redundant when the line was extended to Froghall, so work began on resignalling this loop to allow two train operation on the line. This involved the addition of signals and a signal box to the station (the original line was double track throughout, so no box was ever located at Consall). To finish, the wooden up platform was reconstructed so that the original 1902 shelter could be put back into use and so passing trains had a platform to call at in the up direction. This platform was opened on 22 April 2005 and now the station is relatively complete and is the nerve centre of train operations on peak days.

External links

Preceding station Heritage Railways  Heritage railways Following station
Cheddleton   Churnet Valley Railway   Kingsley and Froghall

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