Longton Railway Bridge
Photograph taken looking from King Street towards Times Square.
Longton Railway Station and Bridge
This photograph was taken from Times Square, looking towards Longton railway Station and the bridge over King Street. The station was built on an embankment with a cantilever bridge carrying the line ...
Longton Station
The Phoenix Pottery Works seen from the platform of Longton Station, looking west towards Fenton. Phoenix Pottery was operated by Thomas Forester, specialising in majolica, from the 1880s.
The chimney ...
Longton Station, Baths Road, Longton
Longton Station was opened in August 1848 and stood on the Crewe-Derby line of the North Staffordshire Railway.
Milton Station, Stoke-on-Trent
The view north long the railway from the single platform of Milton Station towards the bridge carrying Leek New Road (A53) over the line. This is the old North Staffordshire Railway branch line from Stoke ...
Newchapel & Goldenhill Station, Stoke-on-Trent
Newchapel & Goldenhill station was on the Potteries Loop Line between the two settlements of Newchapel (to the north)and Goldenhill (to the south). The station was opened in 1874 and originally known ...
Newfields Wharf, Tunstall
Newfields Wharf was at the end of the short Newfields branch off the Potteries Loop Line. In the background are buildings on High Street, Sandyford. The photograph was taken from the railway bridge in ...
Normacot Station
The station house is on the left. Normacot Station stood on the N.S.R. Uttoxeter branch line and was opened in 1882. It closed to goods in October 1961 and to passengers in March 1964, and has since ...
Oakamoor railway station
Oakamoor railway station, pictured during the 1950s. This style of architecture was a signature of the North Staffordshire Railway.
Varying examples of outstanding NSR architecture still survive today ...
Oakamoor railway station
Oakamoor railway station lies disused and overgrown in summer 1973.
Designed by A.W.N. Pugin, this style of architecture was a signature of the North Staffordshire Railway.
Varying examples of outstanding ...
Paragon Road, Longton
Photograph taken looking South to St. James's Church. The Terrace Inn can be seen on the corner of Railway Terrace and also the railway bridge. Paragon Road was formerly known as Ford Street.
Phoenix Works, Longton
This photograph was taken from Longton Train Station depicts the Phoenix Works bottle ovens of the original Thomas Forester factory built in 1879 & closed in 1959. The site has had many uses and occupants ...
Phoenix Works, Longton
Pottery factory exterior including chimney and bottle kilns. Taken at the Phoenix pottery works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Longton railway station can be seen in the foreground.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Pinnox sidings, Tunstall
The view south from the Greenbank Road railway bridge towards Pinnox Sidings and Scotia Road. The tower of St Paul's Church, Burslem is just to the left of the centre chimney.
Pinnox sidings served ...
Pittshill Station, Tunstall
The photograph was taken at Pittshill Station The station was just north of Furlong Road on the Potteries Loop Line. Opened in 1874 and closed in 1964 the area of the station has been much altered by ...
Rocester Station on the Churnet Valley line
Once rail services were withdrawn in the 1960s, many railway buildings became neglected and derelict, as seen here at Rocester.
Only a few railway workers houses remain as private dwellings.
However, ...
Rudyard Lake Station
A "down" local passanger service passes the western end of Rudyard Lake.
By the time this photo was taken Rudyard Lake station, no more than a halt, was a request stop.
Rudyard station is at the ...
Rudyard railway station
A Fowler class 4P locomotive arrives at Rudyard station with a passenger service from Macclesfield on a wet day in 1960.
This image is featured by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway.