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Xenophon PCDGS

Xenophon PCDGS

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Calthrop said:
Reversing at Stoke -- Cliffe Vale
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That one above is one that I had not come across in the past and all my researches this afternoon and early evening show in relation to that station was that there was a very short-lived halt called Cliffe Vale Halt, situated between Stoke on Trent and Etruria stations that was both opened and closed as long ago in 1865 as a somewhat thwarted NSR aspiration on what eventually became the Potteries Loop Line and that it was situated on what eventually became a freight-only line that was used for bringing china clay for the pottery trade to Stoke-on-Trent from Cornwall in later years.

(The line we are currently on is the NSR Stoke-on-Trent to Sandbach line).
 
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Xenophon PCDGS said:
That one above is one that I had not come across in the past and all my researches this afternoon and early evening show in relation to that station was that it closed in the mid 1850s period and that it was situated on a freight-only line that was used for bringing china clay for the pottery trade to Stoke-on-Trent from Cornwall.

The line we are currently on is the NSR Stoke-on-Trent to Sandbach line.
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Indeed, the infamous Burngullow to Cliffe Vale China Clay freight
 
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Xenophon PCDGS said:
That one above is one that I had not come across in the past and all my researches this afternoon and early evening show in relation to that station was that it closed in the mid 1850s period and that it was situated on a freight-only line that was used for bringing china clay for the pottery trade to Stoke-on-Trent from Cornwall.

The line we are currently on is the NSR Stoke-on-Trent to Sandbach line.
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Looks like Mr. Dewick getting things wrong (again): he shows Cliffe Vale ("closed pre-1901") as supposedly the first station out of Stoke on the Sandbach line. I, in a hurry, took this thing from Dewick as "gospel" -- didn't check it against any other source. Apologies for time-expenditure caused. Am striking Cliffe Vale out.
 
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