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Rudyard railway station

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The original up side standard gauge platform and retaining walls and flower beds are still visible. The Platform 2 cafe now uses this area for its seating and the original waiting shelter foundations for its buildings.
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was built on the west side of the trackbed from Rudyard Station to the Dam. This closed two years later and was moved to the Suffolk wildlife park. and then to Trago Mills in
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railway was started in 1985 and extended to a distance of 1.5 miles (2.4 km) towards Cliffe Park station. Today the station area is used by the
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As Rudyard Lake station, it remained open until passenger services were withdrawn from the northern end of the Churnet Valley line (
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as its headquarters and as a public car park. Rudyard station now includes engine and carriage sheds, workshop,
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and the existing Rudyard Lake station, at the north end of the lake, was renamed
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now periodically revisits the current railway at Rudyard.
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Rudyard
Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire
53°07′05″N 2°04′04″W / 53.1180°N 2.0678°W / 53.1180; -2.0678
Grid reference
SJ955579
North Staffordshire Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Rudyard
Staffordshire
North Staffordshire Railway
Churnet Valley line
Rudyard Lake
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Cliffe Park
North Rode
Leek
miniature railway
Devon
Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway
minimum gauge
Rudyard Lake Steam Railway
signal box
level crossing
Historical railways
Cliffe Park
North Staffordshire Railway
Churnet Valley Line

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