Churnet Valley Railway information

Churnet Valley Railway
Churnet Valley Railway
	A steam-hauled train at Consall station
Commercial operations
Name	British Rail
Built by	North Staffordshire Railway
Original gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Owned by	Churnet Valley Railway (1992) plc; Charitable trust: North Staffordshire Railway Company (1978) Ltd;
Operated by	Churnet Valley Railway (1992) plc
Stations	4
Length	10+1⁄2 miles (16.9 km)
Preserved gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Commercial history
Opened	13 July 1849
Closed to passengers	4 January 1965
Closed	30 August 1988
Preservation history
30 October 1992	Incorporation of "Goldenlaunch plc" (renamed "Churnet Valley Railway (1992) plc" 15 December 1992)
3 May 1996	CVR granted light railway order
4 July 1996	CVR buys Leek Brook - Oakamoor trackbed
24 August 1996	First service train runs from Cheddleton to Leek Brook
11 July 1998	Consall station re-opened
11 August 2001	Kingsley & Froghall station re-opened
13 August 2004	Consall signal box commissioned, allowing two-train operation
21 September 2008	Track to Oakamoor Sand Sidings re-open for limited use
12 November 2010	Cauldon Lowe branch re-opened
6 February 2014	Ipstones Loop re-opened
Website
	http://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk

Churnet Valley Railway

Legend

to Rudyard & Macclesfield

trackbed breached by supermarket

Leek

Birchall Tunnel

69 yd

63 m

Cauldon Lowe Branch

Stoke–Leek line

Leek Brook

St Edwards Hospital tramway

Cheddleton Tunnel

531 yd

486 m

Cheddleton

Consall

Kingsley and Froghall

Oakamoor Sand Sidings

Oakamoor Tunnel

497 yd

454 m

Oakamoor

Alton Towers

Denstone

trackbed breached by JCB Works

Ashbourne Line

Rocester

to Uttoxeter

The Churnet Valley Railway is a preserved standard gauge heritage railway in the Staffordshire Moorlands of Staffordshire, England. It operates on part of the former Churnet Valley Line which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway. The railway is roughly 10.5 miles (16.9 km) long from Kingsley and Froghall to Ipstones. The land from Leek Brook Junction to Ipstones was opened by Moorland & City Railways (MCR) in 2010 after they took a lease out from Network Rail. This has subsequently been purchased by the Churnet Valley Railway. The main stations along the line are Kingsley and Froghall, Consall, Cheddleton and Leek Brook (which is only used as a run around loop). Work has begun to extend the line to the town of Leek which will act as the northern terminus of the line.^[8]^[9] The line between Leek and Waterhouses has also been reopened as part of the heritage railway as far as Ipstones.

^ "The Churnet Valley Light Railway Order 1996". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Churnet Valley Railway". Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^ "Photographic image" (JPG). 3.bp.blogspot.com. 13 August 2004.
^ "HOME". Brcw.co.uk.
^ "Moorlands railway woos passengers". BBC News. 7 October 2010.
^ "Slideshow of pictures - Winter Steam Gala 2014 at Churnet Valley Railway | Leek Post & Times". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^ "Rail line to Leek takes a major step forward". InYourArea.co.uk. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^ Corrigan, Phil (16 December 2021). "Ghost railway to Leek to be brought back to life". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

[1] "The Churnet Valley Light Railway Order 1996". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[steamrailwaylines.co.uk-3] "Churnet Valley Railway". Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

[4] "Photographic image" (JPG). 3.bp.blogspot.com. 13 August 2004.

[5] "HOME". Brcw.co.uk.

[6] "Moorlands railway woos passengers". BBC News. 7 October 2010.

[7] "Slideshow of pictures - Winter Steam Gala 2014 at Churnet Valley Railway | Leek Post & Times". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

[8] "Rail line to Leek takes a major step forward". InYourArea.co.uk. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

[9] Corrigan, Phil (16 December 2021). "Ghost railway to Leek to be brought back to life". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

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