Bosley railway station
Bosley railway station served the village of Bosley, in Cheshire, England.
History
The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in September 1849, as part of the Churnet Valley line.The station was sited some distance from the village, to which it was linked by a footpath. Its main customer was the corn mill belonging to Francis R Thompstone & Sons Ltd, which was situated next to the station.
Thompstones also had their own tramway which ran for from the mill to the Macclesfield Canal and was used for transporting corn from the canal to the mill. The tramway opened in 1887 and closed around 1925. Remains of the track can still just be seen in a shallow cutting through woodland, leading to the old transhipment dock, just below Bosley bottom lock.
Bosley station remained open until passenger services were withdrawn from the northern end of the Churnet Valley line in 1960. Freight services lasted until 1964, when they too were withdrawn and the track was lifted.