Colwich–Stone line
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2017) |
Stone to Colwich Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Stone to Colwich Line is a 11.7 miles (18.8 km) long railway line in
History
The line was built by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) and opened to traffic on 1 May 1849.[1]
The NSR opened several intermediate stations along the route but these were all closed by the
During the
The line was the location of the Hixon rail crash in January 1968, which killed 11 people.
Route
The line diverges from the
The route was electrified with 25 kV overhead as part of the electrification of the West Coast Main Line by British Rail in the 1960s. It is double track throughout its length. Nearly all of the traffic it carries is now passenger trains, although there used to be a regular flow of Class 47 powered Merry Go Round coal services from the coal mines of the Stoke-on-Trent area to the Rugeley power stations.
Services
The majority of trains on the route are operated by
References
- ISBN 0-7153-5121- 4.
- ISBN 978-1899889-48-8.
- ISBN 978-1-906419-95-0.
.jpg){kind=small} | This England rail transport related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |