Waterloo Road (NSR) railway station

Waterloo Road
current view of site of bridge over railway (May 2010)
Location
Place	Hanley, Staffordshire
Area	Stoke-on-Trent
Grid reference	SJ8785748264
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways (London Midland region)
Platforms	2
History
1 April 1900	Opened^[1]
4 October 1943	Closed to passenger services^[1]
3 January 1966	Closed to general goods services
31 July 1969	Closed to all goods services
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
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Waterloo Road railway station was built by the North Staffordshire Railway as part of on the Potteries Loop Line and served the north of the town of Hanley, Staffordshire. The station opened in 1900 and closed to passengers in 1943. General goods traffic remained until 1966 with oil traffic continuing until 1969

No trace of the station remains today, the station was at the road crossing on Waterloo Road between Hanley and Cobridge.

References

1 2 Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

External links

Waterloo Road page on Potteries.org.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Cobridge Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Potteries Loop Line		Hanley Line and station closed

Coordinates: 53°01′53″N 2°10′57″W / 53.0314°N 2.1826°W / 53.0314; -2.1826

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