Newchapel and Goldenhill railway station
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Newchapel and Goldenhill railway station was a station on the Potteries Loop Line located between the villages of Newchapel
and Goldenhill in Staffordshire
, England
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The station closed to passengers in 1964 along with the rest of the Loop. The trackbed is now a walkway
but part of the platform edging is still in existence.
Newchapel
Newchapel is a hamlet in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, close to Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, England.Newchapel was originally named Thursfield. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Turvoldesfeld...
and Goldenhill in Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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The station closed to passengers in 1964 along with the rest of the Loop. The trackbed is now a walkway
Walkway
In US English, a walkway is a composite or umbrella term for all engineered surfaces or structures which support the use of trails. These include sidewalks, footbridges, stiles, stairs, ramps, paseos or tunnels...
but part of the platform edging is still in existence.