Rocester railway station

Rocester railway station
Rocester station (1959)
General information
Location	Rocester, East Staffordshire, England
Coordinates	52°57′00″N 1°51′01″W / 52.9499°N 1.8503°W / 52.9499; -1.8503
Grid reference	SK101391
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 August 1849	Opened[1]
4 January 1965	Closed[1]
Location

Rocester railway station served the village of Rocester, in Staffordshire, England. It was a stop on the Churnet Valley Line, built by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR).

It was opened in 1849 by the NSR on its Churnet Valley Line between North Rode and Uttoxeter. Three years later, it became a junction station when the NSR built a branch to Ashbourne, via Norbury and Ellaston. This was met in 1899 by the Ashbourne Line from Buxton, built by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).^[2]

The aim of the LNWR was to run expresses from Buxton to London, as well as gaining access to Derby and the East Midlands. In fact, the expresses never materialised, being no more than through coaches attached to other trains at Uttoxeter. Even in London, Midland and Scottish Railway days, when the trains ran through from Buxton to Rocester, they were timetabled as different services which included a through coach.

Freight services ended in 1964 and the station was closed in 1965; it was demolished after closure.

The site is now a car park.