For the heritage railway that operates over part of the route, see Churnet Valley Railway.
Churnet Valley line
Overview
Status
part disused part in heritage use
Locale
Staffordshire, England
Termini
North Rode
Uttoxeter
Stations
14
Service
Type
Heavy rail
System
North Staffordshire Railway
History
Opened
1849
Closed
1988
Technical
Line length
27 miles 54 chains (27.68 miles, 44.54 km)
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
Legend
Stafford to Manchester Line
to Macclesfield
North Rode
Stafford to Manchester Line
to Congleton
Bosley
Rushton
Cliffe Park
Rudyard
Leek
Waterhouses branch line
Leek Brook
Stoke-Leek line
Tramway
to St Edward's Hospital
Cheddleton
Consall
Kingsley and Froghall
Oakamoor tunnel
Oakamoor
Alton Towers
Denstone
Ashbourne Line
Rocester
Crewe to Derby Line
to Marchington
Uttoxeter
Crewe to Derby Line
to Leigh
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The Churnet Valley line was one of the three original routes planned and built by the North Staffordshire Railway. Authorised in 1846, the line opened in 1849 and ran from North Rode in Cheshire to Uttoxeter in East Staffordshire. The line was closed in several stages between 1964 and 1988 but part of the central section passed into the hands of a preservation society and today operates as the Churnet Valley Railway.
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