Mossley Halt...a location query

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I believe that this station on the North Staffordshire Railway was closed circa 1925. Was its location somewhere between Biddulph station and Congleton Upper Junction station?

 

[madannie77]

From a Cheshire East Council document:

"Mossley Halt Station was located by the bridge that spans Reades Lane, and from here coal-miners and furnace-men travelled to and from Black Bull Coal Mine."

Which would put it towards the top of this 1897 map extract, although it is not marked.

http://maps.nls.uk/view/101595545#zoom=5&lat=3838&lon=4018&layers=BT

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thanks for all this information. That link to the map is excellent.

 

[steamybrian]

Can anyone confirm the closure date in 1925 as shown in Wikipedia listing of closed stations.
I query this as it was two years before the line closed for passengers in 1927......?

 

[pdeaves]

Can anyone confirm the closure date in 1925 as shown in Wikipedia listing of closed stations.
I query this as it was two years before the line closed for passengers in 1927......?

According to Michael Quick's "Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain A Chronology" (publ. Railway & Canal Historical Society) it closed on 13 July 1925.

I recommend the book as the most comprehensive record of openings and closings available.

 

[steamybrian]

According to Michael Quick's "Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain A Chronology" (publ. Railway & Canal Historical Society) it closed on 13 July 1925.

I recommend the book as the most comprehensive record of openings and closings available.

Noted with thanks