Oakamoor railway station
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Oakamoor railway station is a closed railway station in the Churnet Valley, Staffordshire
. The station was opened in 1849 as part of the Churnet Valley Line
constructed by the North Staffordshire Railway
. Serving the village of Oakamoor
the station remained open until 1965 when all services were withdrawn, A little north of the station, freight traffic from Oakamoor Sand Sidings continued until 1988.
(CVR). It is not yet in regular use and on 21 September 2008, the first service for 20 years ran to Oakamoor with a CVR shareholders' special.
The railway track down the Churnet Valley to the former station at Alton
has been converted to a footpath.
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...
. The station was opened in 1849 as part of the Churnet Valley Line
Churnet Valley Line
The Churnet Valley line was one of the three original routes planned and built by the North Staffordshire Railway. Authorised in 1846, the line opened in 1849 and ran from in Cheshire to in East Staffordshire...
constructed by the North Staffordshire Railway
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....
. Serving the village of Oakamoor
Oakamoor
Oakamoor is a small village in north Staffordshire, England.Although it is now a rural area, it has an industrial past which drew on the natural resources of the Churnet valley....
the station remained open until 1965 when all services were withdrawn, A little north of the station, freight traffic from Oakamoor Sand Sidings continued until 1988.
Preservation
The track as far as the sand sidings remains and is now owned by the Churnet Valley RailwayChurnet Valley Railway
The Churnet Valley Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway to the east of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. The CVR has two main operational headquarters - Cheddleton station, where the motive power department is based and where the first trains ran, and Kingsley and Froghall station, where...
(CVR). It is not yet in regular use and on 21 September 2008, the first service for 20 years ran to Oakamoor with a CVR shareholders' special.
The railway track down the Churnet Valley to the former station at Alton
Alton railway station, Staffordshire
Alton Towers railway station is a disused railway station in the village of Alton, Staffordshire, England.The station was a stop on the North Staffordshire Railway's Churnet Valley Line from Macclesfield to Uttoxeter.-History:...
has been converted to a footpath.