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Lawton railway station

Former railway station in Cheshire, England

53°05′53″N 2°17′14″W / 53.0981°N 2.2872°W / 53.0981; -2.2872Grid referenceSJ808556Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyNorth Staffordshire RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland & Scottish RailwayKey dates3 July 1893Opened^[1]4 May 1964Closed to Goods^[2]28 July 1930Closed to Passengers^[1]

Lawton railway station is a disused railway station in Cheshire, England.

The station was situated on the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) branch line to Sandbach from Harecastle. The line opened in 1852 to serve the salt and chemical works in the Sandbach area and passenger services were a very late addition, not being introduced until 1893, 41 years after the opening of the line.^[3]

The station called Lawton, which was close to the settlement at Lawton Gate was one of two intermediate station on the line opened at the same time in July 1893, a third Hassall Green was opened in 1905.^[4] From the station to Lawton Junction, the junction with the Crewe-Harecastle line the line was double tracked, from Lawton to Hassall Green the line was only single track.

There were minimal goods facilities at the station and the station had an island platform with the buildings on the platform between the two running lines.^[5]

Increasing competition from bus services led to the line being closed for passenger services in 1930 and Lawton station closed completely on 28 July that year, with parcels traffic being dealt with at Alsager.^[5]

Freight traffic continued over the line until 1964^[6] and the line was finally closed and lifted in 1971.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Harecastle Line & station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Sandbach branch line		Hassall Green Line & station closed

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b Quick (2009), p. 243.
^ Hartless, Adrian (April 2019). "2.Sandbach Route". Lines North of Stoke to Crewe, Congleton and Leek. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781910356296. XXI.The goods station was north of the passenger station and closed from 4th May 1964.
^ Jeuda (2012), p. 33.
^ Quick (2009), p. 204.
^ ^a ^b Jeuda (2012), p. 34.
^ Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 304.

Sources

Christiansen, Rex & Miller, Robert William (1971). The North Staffordshire Railway. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5121-4.
Jeuda, Basil (2012). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. Vol. 2. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1899889-65-5.
Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.