Rolleston-on-Dove railway station
- Rolleston-on-Dove railway station
Rolleston on Dove railway station is a former railway station built to serve Rolleston in Staffordshire.
It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1894 as simply "Rolleston", but renamed to avoid confusion with Rolleston Junction station.
The line itself dated back to 1848, and, from 1878 was shared by the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) with its Derbyshire Extension .
The station was about a mile from the village. It was provided with two brick-built platforms and timber buildings. A goods loop ran behind the secondary platform to serve the station yard. [Higginson, M., (1989) "The Friargate Line:Derby and the Great Northern Railway," Derby: Golden Pingle Publishing]
It closed in 1949. Although the platforms can still be seen, the timber buildings were demolished in the 60's.
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