Bosley railway station
Bosley railway station served the village of Bosley, Cheshire. The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in September 1849[nb 1] as part of the Churnet Valley line.[2]
Bosley | |
|---|---|
 Bosley station in 1963 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Bosley, Cheshire, Cheshire East England |
| Grid reference | SJ913651 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 1 September 1849 | Opened[1] |
| 7 November 1960 | Closed to passengers[1] |
| 15 June 1964 | Closed to freight |
The station was some distance from the village, to which it was linked by a footpath. To travel between the village and the station by road was a much longer journey. The main customer of the station was the corn mill belonging to Francis R Thompstone & Sons Ltd which was situated next to the station. Thompstones also had their own 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) tramway which ran for 0.75 miles (1.21 km) from the mill to the Macclesfield Canal and was used for transporting corn from the canal to the mill. The tramway opened in 1887 and closed around 1925. Remains of the track can still just be seen in a shallow cutting through woodland, leading to the old transhipment dock, just below Bosley bottom lock.[2]
Bosley station remained open until passenger services were withdrawn from the northern end of the Churnet valley line (North Rode – Leek) in 1960.[3] Freight services lasted until 1964 when they too were withdrawn and the track lifted.[3]
Today, the station remains as a private residence and the church near it still remains active. The trackbed has been built on by industrial buildings. The trackbed can be traced on a map to Leek and Macclesfield.
Route
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Rode Line open, station closed |
North Staffordshire Railway Churnet Valley Line |
Rushton Line and station closed | ||
References
- Notes
- The station opened for public use on 1 September 1849 but had been used for an excursion train to Bosley Fair in early August 1849[1]
- Footnotes
- Quick 2009, p. 93.
- Jeuda 1999, p. 53.
- Christiansen & Miller 1971, p. 304.
- Sources
- 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 978-1-899889-05-1.
- Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
