Hartshill and Basford Halt railway station
Hartshill and Basford Halt | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire England |
| Coordinates | 53°00′47″N 2°12′20″W / 53.0131°N 2.2056°W |
| Grid reference | SJ863462 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1905 | Opened |
| 20 Sept 1926 | Closed |
Hartshill and Basford Halt was a railway station located between the Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme stations on the Market Drayton branch of the North Staffordshire Railway, approx 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Newcastle.
It closed in 1926 three years after the North Staffordshire Railway was succeeded by the London Midland and Scottish Railway or LMS for short until the line to Newcastle under Lyme closed in 1964-5.