• The Churnet Valley line was one of the three original routes planned and built by the North Staffordshire Railway. Authorised in 1846, the line opened...
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    Moorlands of Staffordshire, England. It operates on part of the former Churnet Valley Line which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway. The railway...
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  • Leek (Churnet Valley) railway station is the proposed and future terminus of the Churnet Valley Railway and is currently awaiting construction. It will...
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    lock and basin at Froghall, it closed in 1849, in order that the Churnet Valley line of the North Staffordshire Railway could be constructed along its...
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  • connecting line to Leek from Milton Junction, passing through the villages of Milton, Stockton Brook and Endon before meeting the Churnet Valley Line at Leek...
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    at the 2011 Census can be found under Kingsley. Froghall sits in the Churnet Valley, a beautiful and relatively unspoilt part of Staffordshire. There are...
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    September 1848 the line was completed through to Burton and through running between Stoke and Derby began. When the Churnet Valley Line was opened on 13...
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    Staffordshire Railway and called Alton, the station was part of the Churnet Valley line and served the village of Alton and the country estate at Alton Towers...
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  • until the North Staffordshire Railway built its branch from the Churnet Valley line in 1852. Meanwhile, a lucrative trade in limestone was building up...
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  • preserved on the Churnet Valley Railway in Staffordshire, England. Kingsley and Froghall station, situated on the Churnet Valley Line of the North Staffordshire...
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    by subscription and a grant from the Church Building Society. The Churnet Valley line passed through Oakamoor. Oakamoor railway station was closed down...
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    Stoke–Leek line and walked over to the Churnet Valley platform to catch a tram to the hospital. Passengers wishing to head south on the Churnet Valley line towards...
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    preserved station on the Churnet Valley Railway in Staffordshire, England]. Cheddleton station, situated on the Churnet Valley Line of the NSR, was opened...
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    a market town and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, on the River Churnet 10 miles (16 km) north east of Stoke-on-Trent. It is an ancient borough...
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  • with the intention of re-opening the line for commercial freight traffic, and contracted with the local Churnet Valley Railway (CVR) to hold a series of...
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    of the CVR – LMS & BR Days – History of the Churnet Valley Line". Churnet Valley Railway. Churnet Valley Railway. Retrieved 23 August 2018. "More about...
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    it the railway used the land down one side as the route for its Churnet Valley Line between Macclesfield and Uttoxeter. Two stations were built, one...
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    view of the tall viaduct that carries the railway across the valley can be had. A branch line formerly passed under an aqueduct, beyond which the canal runs...
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  • Brown & Son, laid a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) line from the North Staffordshire Railway's (NSR) Churnet Valley Line at Leek Brook to the hospital site. Brown's...
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    converted into the NSR Churnet Valley line from Leekbrook to Uttoxeter (which itself was finally closed for goods traffic in 1988). This line is still open as...
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    The Crewe–Derby line is a railway line in central England, running from Crewe in a south-easterly direction to Derby, via Stoke-on-Trent and Uttoxeter...
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    closed railway station in the Churnet Valley, Staffordshire. The station was opened in 1849 as part of the Churnet Valley Line constructed by the North Staffordshire...
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    was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1850 on the Churnet Valley line. In the village the NSR also owned the Rudyard Hotel as part of the...
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    preserved station on the Churnet Valley Railway in Staffordshire, England. Consall station, situated on the Churnet Valley Line of the NSR, was opened to...
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    was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1905 on the Churnet Valley line to attract visitors to Rudyard Lake (actually a reservoir), which...
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    junction as the Churnet Valley Line, which ran between Uttoxeter and Macclesfield, and the Waterhouses branch line. The stations along the line closed to passengers...
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    part of the Churnet Valley line. It remained open until passenger services were withdrawn from the northern end of the Churnet valley line (North Rode...
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    contractors laid a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) line from the North Staffordshire Railway's (NSR) Churnet Valley Line at Leek Brook to the hospital site. Brown's...
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    Staffordshire Railway's (NSR) Churnet Valley Line which served the village of Denstone in Staffordshire. The Churnet Valley line was authorised in 1846 and...
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  • Station opened on the now-disused Churnet Valley Line, owned and operated by North Staffordshire Railway (NSR). The line served as a connection between North...
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