Cliffe Park railway station

Cliffe Park
Location
Place	Rudyard, Staffordshire
Area	Staffordshire Moorlands
Grid reference	SJ940609
Operations
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 May 1905	Opened
1926	Name changed from Rudyard Lake to Cliffe Park
7 November 1960	Closed
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Cliffe Park railway station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1905 on the Churnet Valley line to attract visitors to Rudyard Lake (actually a reservoir), which the NSR were trying to develop as a leisure and tourist attraction including a golf course.^[1] The station was originally named Rudyard Lake and was at the northern end of the lake. There were no settlements nearby and consequently the station had no goods facilities. There was one siding but this was used more for stabling excursion trains rather than freight vehicles.^[1]

In 1926 the London, Midland and Scottish Railway renamed the station Cliffe Park and at the same time Rudyard, the next station to the south, was renamed Rudyard Lake. Cliffe Park was the name of the hall that had previously been the clubhouse of the golf course and stood on the opposite side of the lake from the station.

The station remained open until passenger services were withdrawn from the northern end of the Churnet valley line (North Rode – Leek) in 1960.^[2]

Route

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Rushton		North Staffordshire Railway Churnet Valley Line		Rudyard

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Jeuda pp. 58–59.
2. ^ Christiansen & Miller p. 304.

References

Christiansen, Rex; Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 5121 4. 
Jeuda, Basil (1999). The Churnet Valley Railway. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 01 899 889 05. 

Coordinates: 53°08′44″N 2°05′24″W / 53.14562°N 2.09007°W / 53.14562; -2.09007