Hartshill and Basford Halt | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Hartshill,Stoke-on-Trent,Staffordshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°00′47″N2°12′20″W / 53.0131°N 2.2056°W /53.0131; -2.2056 | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ863462 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | North Staffordshire Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 May 1905 | Opened[1] | ||||
| 20 Sept 1926 | Closed | ||||
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Hartshill and Basford Halt was a railway station located between theStoke-on-Trent andNewcastle-under-Lyme stations on theMarket Drayton branch of theNorth Staffordshire Railway, approx 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Newcastle.
It closed in 1926 three years after theNorth Staffordshire Railway was succeeded by theLondon Midland and Scottish Railway or LMS for short until the line to Newcastle under Lyme closed in 1964-5.[1]
The tunnel between Newcastle-Under-Lyme and Hartshill and Basford Halt has been filled in and built on by housing and small commercial units but in the park area where the tunnel used to be at what leads to Newcastle under Lyme the trackbed what still exists is a footpath that many walkers and dog walkers pass on by as well as the children's playground with a skateboarding, a basketball area and some mini gym equipment as well.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Newcastle-under-Lyme Line closed, station closed | North Staffordshire Railway Stoke-Market Drayton Line | Stoke on Trent Line closed, station open | ||
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