Kidsgrove railway station

Infobox UK station
name=Kidsgrove
code=KDG


manager=East Midlands Trains
locale=Kidsgrove
borough=Newcastle-under-Lyme
start= 1848
platforms=4
lowusage0405 = 30,850
lowusage0506 = 32,192
lowusage0607 = 43,661

Kidsgrove railway station serves the town of Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, England. The station is 12 km (7¼ miles) north of Stoke-on-Trent.

The present station was opened October 9, 1848 by the North Staffordshire Railway as "Harecastle".

In British Rail days it was know as "Kidsgrove Central" when the town had three stations, the other two were Kidsgrove Liverpool Rd and Market Street Halt on the old North Staffordshire Railway's Potteries Loop Line (All 3 stations were opened by the North Staffordshire Railway). It is situated on the Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line at the junction where the line from Stoke-on-Trent divides for Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly station.

It is just north of the Harecastle Tunnels on the Trent and Mersey Canal.

The current service consists of an hourly train in each direction operated by East Midlands Train between Crewe and Derby as well as peak services between Manchester and Stoke-on-trent operated by Northern.

From December 2008, Northern will increase its service to hourly and London Midland will operate a new Crewe to London Euston service, calling at Kidsgrove every two hours.

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