Rocester railway station

52°57′00″N 1°51′01″W / 52.9499°N 1.8503°W / 52.9499; -1.8503Grid referenceSK101391Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyNorth Staffordshire RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1 August 1849Opened^[1]4 January 1965Closed^[1]

Rocester railway station was a railway station built by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) located at Rocester in Staffordshire.

History

It was opened in 1849 by the NSR on its Churnet Valley Line between North Rode and Uttoxeter. Three years later the station became a junction station when the NSR built a branch to Ashbourne via Norbury and Ellaston. This was met in 1899 by the Ashbourne Line from Buxton built by the LNWR.^[2]

The aim of the LNWR was to run expresses from Buxton to London, as well as gaining access to Derby and the East Midlands. In fact the expresses never materialised, being no more than through coaches attached to other trains at Uttoxeter. Even in LMS days when the trains ran through from Buxton to Rocester, they were timetabled as different services which included a "through coach."

Passenger services to Ashbourne finished in 1954 and freight ended in 1964. The station closed when the Churnet Valley Line closed in 1965.

Route

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Norbury and Ellaston		North Staffordshire Railway Ashbourne Line		Uttoxeter
Denstone		North Staffordshire Railway Churnet Valley Line

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