Kidsgrove railway station, Staffordshire, 2011
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The photograph on this page of Kidsgrove railway station, Staffordshire, 2011 by Nigel Thompson as part of the Geograph project.
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Kidsgrove railway station, Staffordshire, 2011
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 22 Oct 2011
Opened in 1848 as "Harecastle" by the North Staffordshire Railway, the station underwent numerous combinations of Harecastle and Kidsgrove before settling on "Kidsgrove Central" in 1944, then to just "Kidsgrove" in 1966. The railway lines here were electrified in 1965. This is where the Stoke-Manchester and Stoke-Crewe lines split. This view is south east on the Crewe platforms, back towards Longport and Stoke. In 2021 a new footbridge with lifts was added - see Image for an updated image.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.086294
Longitude
-2.244964