2018

SJ9459 : Platform at Hunthouse Wood station

taken 5 years ago, near to Rudyard, Staffordshire, England

Platform at Hunthouse Wood station
Platform at Hunthouse Wood station
The station has no facilities other than a shelter SJ9459 : Passenger shelter, Hunthouse Wood station; parking, toilets etc. are at the other end of the line in Rudyard.
Leek and Rudyard Railway :: SJ9557

The railway along the eastern shore of Rudyard Lake was part of the North Staffordshire Railway's line from Leek to North Rode on the Stoke-Manchester line. Opened in 1850, it closed in British Railways days in 1960.

In 1976 a short-lived 10.25 inch gauge railway was laid running from Rudyard village to the dam by Brian Nicholson. Peter Hanton revived and extended it from 1985 to 1993; in 2000 it became known as the Rudyard Lake Steam Railway, and from 2016 as the Leek & Rudyard Railway. The line currently runs for 2.2km from Rudyard village to Hunthouse Wood, with one intermediate station at Dam, and a passing loop halfway. Extensions to the track are planned by the L&RR.

Sources: Wikipedia entry for the NSR, and the official website: LinkExternal link





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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Hunthouse Wood Station [9] · Line in Rudyard [8] ·
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SJ9459, 62 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Stephen Craven   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 28 December, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 31 December, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 9460 5974 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:8.0873N 2:4.9301W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 9459 5975
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