| Great Haywood | |
|---|---|
 The site of the station in 1995 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Great Haywood, Staffordshire England |
| Coordinates | 52°48′02″N 2°00′24″W / 52.800694°N 2.006619°W / 52.800694; -2.006619 |
| Grid reference | SJ996225 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland & Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 6 June 1887 | Opened |
| 6 January 1947 | Closed |
Great Haywood railway station is a disused railway station in Staffordshire, England.
The railway line between Stone and Colwich, England, was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1849 but a station to serve the village of Great Haywood was not opened until 1887. Although the line was a busy route for the NSR for traffic to and from Birmingham and the south; the amount of local traffic carried was low and passenger services were never intensive.
Passenger services on the line were, as a wartime measure, reduced in 1941 to a single train per day from Stoke which had no corresponding return journey. In 1947 all stopping passenger services between Stone and Colwich were withdrawn and Great Haywood along with the neighbouring station, Hixon, closed.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hixon Line open, station closed |
North Staffordshire Railway Stone to Colwich Line |
Colwich Line open, station closed | ||
References
- Notes
- ^ Quick (2009), p. 193.
- Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 299.
- Jeuda (2010), p. 91.
- Sources
- Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
- Jeuda, Basil (2010). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. Vol. 1. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1899889-48-8.
- Quick, Michael (2009) . Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Rugeley to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 16-18. ISBN 9781908174901. OCLC 972169395.
