Silverdale railway station (Staffordshire)

This article is about the former railway station in Staffordshire. For the railway station in Lancashire, see Silverdale railway station.

Silverdale railway station was a railway station that served the village of Silverdale, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1863 and closed to passengers in 1964.^[1]

Silverdale
The site of Silverdale station and the former Silverdale Colliery in December 2017, now the end of the greenway from Newcastle-under-Lyme. The platforms are all that remain in situ.
General information
Location	Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England
Coordinates	53.0172°N 2.2757°W / 53.0172; -2.2757
Grid reference	SJ816467
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
May 1863	Opened
2 March 1964	Closed to passengers
1998	Closure of Silverdale Colliery and to all stone traffic.

In its later years, the station was used by staff operating trains to and from the adjacent colliery. For this purpose, a large rail loader was built.^[2]

Present day

Today, only the restored platforms are still in place. The station building has been rebuilt at the Apedale Heritage Centre.^[2]

On 21 August 2009, work on Silverdale station platforms was observed with brickwork being repaired or repointed and they have now been restored as part of a railway footpath to Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Brickwork under repair on the platform in August 2009

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Keele Line closed, station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Stoke-Market Drayton Line		Crown Street Halt Line closed, station closed

References

1. Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
2. Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-204-2.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 77-86. ISBN 9781908174673. OCLC 913791564.