Market Street Halt railway station

Market Street Halt
Location
Place	Kidsgrove, Staffordshire
Area	Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Grid reference	SJ842543
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
1 July 1909	Opened
25 September 1950	Closed
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Market Street Halt was the smallest station to serve the town of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England. It was opened in 1909 and located on the Potteries Loop Line. ^[1] At first it was used by trains in both directions but was later served only by northbound trains due to the severe gradient, being a 1 in 40 climb southbound.^[1]

Although only a halt, it had a considerable length of platform and modest wooden buildings, plus an old NSR carriage used as a waiting room.^[2]

The halt closed in 1950 and the trackbed is now part of the Potteries Greenway.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Christiansen, Rex; Miller, R. W. (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. David & Charles. p. 124. ISBN 0715351214. 
2. ^ Jeuda, Basil (1986). Memories of the North Staffordshire Railway. Chester: Cheshire Libraries. p. 62. ISBN 0904532216. 
3. ^ Ballantyne, Hugh (2005). British Railways Past & Present: North Staffordshire and the Trent Valley. Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1858952042. 

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Kidsgrove Liverpool Road Line and station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Potteries Loop Line		Newchapel and Goldenhill Line and station closed

Coordinates: 53°05′11″N 2°14′17″W / 53.08643°N 2.23819°W / 53.08643; -2.23819