Railway south of Cheddleton Tunnel, Staffordshire
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Railway south of Cheddleton Tunnel, Staffordshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 28 May 2011
The bridge carries the A520 Stoke to Leek road. The tunnel (south portal shown) south of Leekbrook Junction on the former North Staffordshire Railway is 581 yards (about 531 metres) in length. This branch was opened in 1849, but closed to passengers in 1965 and freight in 1988. The Churnet Valley Railway Company has been running steam trains between here, Cheddleton and later, Kingsley and Froghall, since 1996. The route from Stoke to Caldon Low quarry closed for freight in 1988 (passengers in 1966), but the recently formed Moorland and City Railway Company has plans to re-open the line. Churnet Valley steam trains already regularly travel up the section north-west beyond Leekbrook, to the near the quarry.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.077311
Longitude
-2.029992