Salt and Sandon railway station

52°50′50″N 2°03′55″W / 52.8472°N 2.0654°W / 52.8472; -2.0654Grid referenceSJ956277Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyStafford and Uttoxeter RailwayPre-groupingGreat Northern RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern RailwayKey dates23 December 1867Station opened4 December 1939Station closed^[1]

Salt and Sandon railway station was a former British railway station opened by the Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway to serve the village of Salt in Staffordshire in 1867.^[2]

Until 1904 it was known simply as "Salt" the name being changed to avoid confusion with Sandon and Salt station on the North Staffordshire Railway. Sandon was actually about two miles away, the station being nearer to Sandon Bank.

The Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway was purchased for £100,000 by the Great Northern Railway in July 1881 and the line subsequently passed into LNER ownership with Railway Grouping in 1923.

From Salt the line turned sharply south east towards Ingestre, before passing over the North Staffordshire Railway's main line from Stone to Colwich.

Passenger services finished in 1939.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Stafford Common Line and station closed		Great Northern Railway Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway		Ingestre Line and station closed

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2016). Derby to Stoke-on-Trent. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 90. ISBN 9781908174932. OCLC 954271104.