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The branch line was never a financial success and passenger services were withdrawn on 30 September 1935. The station remained open as a goods station until May 1964 when all traffic on the branch except mineral worksings from Caldon Low quarries was withdrawn.
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The station site today is used as a run-around loop for trains on the heritage
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Leek, Caldon Low, and
Hartington Light Railways Order, 1898
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Railway passenger stations in Great
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473:. House of Commons. 21 March 1899. col. 1552.
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583:"Leek railway line moves a step closer"
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880:Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway
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445:. Churnet Valley Railway. 16 July 2013
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619:. 26 February 2014. Archived from
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552:Christiansen & Miller (1971)
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678:The North Staffordshire Railway
589:. 12 March 2014. Archived from
565:"Steaming back to Cauldon Lowe"
470:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
41:The site of the station in 1999
1655:Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway
493:. 14 March 1899. p. 1761.
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228:North Staffordshire Railway
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241:Construction and opening
212:Ipstones railway station
1779:Staffordshire Moorlands
1395:Stoke to Market Drayton
688:: David & Charles.
226:. It was opened by the
139:Used (Heritage Railway)
64:Staffordshire Moorlands
1645:Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay
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1029:Audley and Bignall End
819:Grand Junction Railway
326:Churnet Valley Railway
318:Competition Commission
235:Churnet Valley Railway
857:Great Western Railway
730:Jeuda, Basil (1980).
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587:Leek Post & Times
1693:Trent Valley Railway
1529:Trentham Park branch
1443:Newcastle-under-Lyme
443:"The Cauldon Branch"
185:Closed to passengers
1706:Milford and Brocton
1519:Weston and Ingestre
1466:Mount Pleasant Halt
1433:Liverpool Road Halt
571:. 25 November 2010.
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47:General information
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1481:Whieldon Road Halt
1317:Market Street Halt
490:The London Gazette
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350:Following station
342:Preceding station
247:Leekbrook Junction
93:53.0671°N 1.9562°W
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