Everything about Uttoxeter Railway Station totally explained
Uttoxeter railway station serves the town of
Uttoxeter in
Staffordshire,
England. It is located on the
Crewe to Derby Line and is managed by
East Midlands Trains.
It is also the railway station for
Uttoxeter Racecourse as well as
Alton Towers theme park, for which there's a regular
bus link.
History
The station was built by the
North Staffordshire Railway to serve its mainline from
Stoke-on-Trent to
Derby. The
Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway line to
Stafford also used the NSR's station up to the 1950s.
The section from Stoke-on-Trent to Uttoxeter was opened
August 7,
1848. At first, the still existing, Hockley crossing was the location of the temporary station. Later, Bridge Street station was opened as the main station when the line was completed to Burton on
September 11,
1848. When the Churnet Valley line was opened,
July 13,
1849, junction station was opened on the mainline to serve the Churnet Valley line. On this date, Dove Bank station was also opened but on the Churnet line.
Uttoxeter now had 3 stations in total. In
1880, the NSR decided to close all 3 and construct a north to west line forming a triangular junction. A new Uttoxeter station replaced all 3 at this new junction and opened
October 10,
1881.
Passenger Services on the Churnet Valley line from Uttoxeter to Froghall ceased operation in 1965. There is an excellent model of the 1881 station at the Uttoxeter Heritage Centre.
The station building was destroyed by fire in 1988 and the station is now unstaffed.
The present passenger station on the site of the 1881 station consists of two mainline platforms each with a simple shelter and there's a bus shelter for the local bus services on the station approach road.
The station is adjacent to the
Uttoxeter Racecourse.
The
Central Trains franchise expired on the 11th November 2007 and the station and its services were taken over by a new company called
East Midlands Trains.
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