Chatterley railway station

For the station named Tunstall after 1873, see Tunstall railway station.

Chatterley railway station is a former railway station in Staffordshire, England.

Chatterley
The site of the station in August 1983
General information
Location	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire England
Coordinates	53.0635°N 2.2275°W / 53.0635; -2.2275
Grid reference	SJ850520
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
January 1864	Opened as Tunstall[1]
1873	Renamed Chatterley[1]
27 September 1948	Closed[1]
Location

Situated in the main North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) between Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield a station was opened in 1864 to serve the nearby town of Tunstall and was named Tunstall. In 1873 the NSR opened the Potteries Loop Line which went much closer to Tunstall town centre. A new station called Tunstall was built on the Potteries Loop Line and the existing station renamed Chatterley.^[2] For some years the station was referred to in timetables as Chatterley for Tunstall.^[1]

The station closed in September 1948^[2] and although the line between Stoke and Macclesfield still exists, the station site is no longer on the route as the line was diverted during the electrification of the West Coast Main Line as the Harecastle railway tunnels were not large enough to accommodate the overhead wires.^[3]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Longport Line and station open		North Staffordshire Railway Stafford to Manchester Line		Harecastle Line and station open