Hanley railway station
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Hanley railway station was built by the North Staffordshire Railway
as part of the Potteries Loop Line and served the town of Hanley, Staffordshire
.
The original station opened along with the first section of the Loop in 1864, but when the latter reached Burslem
in 1873, a new station was built on a sharp curve (8 chains radius
) in a cutting below Trinity Street. The old station remained in use for goods traffic.
No trace of the station remains today; the cutting is filled in and is the site of a car park.
North Staffordshire Railway
The North Staffordshire Railway was a British railway company formed in 1845 to promote a number of lines in the Staffordshire Potteries and surrounding areas in Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Shropshire....
as part of the Potteries Loop Line and served the town of Hanley, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
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The original station opened along with the first section of the Loop in 1864, but when the latter reached Burslem
Burslem
The town of Burslem, known as the Mother Town, is one of the six towns that amalgamated to form the current city of Stoke-on-Trent, in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, in the Midlands of England.-Topography:...
in 1873, a new station was built on a sharp curve (8 chains radius
Radius
In classical geometry, a radius of a circle or sphere is any line segment from its center to its perimeter. By extension, the radius of a circle or sphere is the length of any such segment, which is half the diameter. If the object does not have an obvious center, the term may refer to its...
) in a cutting below Trinity Street. The old station remained in use for goods traffic.
No trace of the station remains today; the cutting is filled in and is the site of a car park.