Audlem railway station

Disused railway station in Cheshire, England

Audlem
The station's location (1990)
General information
Location	Audlem, Cheshire East England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
20 October 1863	Station opened
9 September 1963	Station closed

Audlem railway station was a station on the former Great Western Railway between Market Drayton and Nantwich, opened in 1863.

It served the village of Audlem in Cheshire, England until closure in 1963.^[1] The station was immortalised in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

History

The station was built by the Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway (N&MDR) and opened on 20 October 1863,^[2] although the line was operated by the Great Western Railway from its opening, and the N&MDR eventually amalgamated with the Great Western Railway in 1897.^[3] The line passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was then closed to passengers by the British Railways Board on 9 September 1963.^[2]

Route

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Coxbank Halt		Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway Great Western Railway		Coole Pilate Halt

References

^ "Audlem Village History website". Archived from the original on 13 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b Butt 1995, p. 21
^ MacDermot, E.T. (1931). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. II: 1863-1921. Paddington: Great Western Railway. p. 7. OCLC 55853736.

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