The Biddulph Valley line was a double tracked line that ran from Stoke-on-Trent to Brunswick Wharf in Congleton. The line was named after the town of the same name as it ran via the Staffordshire Moorlands and covered areas of East Staffordshire and Cheshire.[1]
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Biddulph Valley line
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River Dane
Brunswick Wharf
Stafford–Manchester line
to Macclesfield
Congleton
Macclesfield Canal
Stafford–Manchester line
to Stoke-on-Trent
Mossley Halt
Biddulph
Knypersley Halt
Black Bull
Chell Halt
Ford Green & Smallthorne
Stoke–Leek line
to Leek
Milton Junction
Bucknall and Northwood
Longton, Adderley Green
and Bucknall railway
River Trent
Stafford–Manchester line
to Congleton
Stoke on Trent
Fenton Manor tunnel (
106 yd
97 m
)
Fenton Manor
Crewe–Derby line
to Derby
Stafford–Manchester line
to Stafford
^"Potteries Bidduplh and Congleton Railway". PastScape. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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and a chain, cable and anchor works. These lines joined the main BiddulphValleyLine near Ford Green Hall. The Foxley, a branch of the Caldon Canal, itself...
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(every 2 to 3 hours), with trains operated by Northern Trains. The BiddulphValleyline used to terminate in the town. The railway ran from Stoke-on-Trent...
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