Cobridge railway station

Cobridge railway station served the Cobridge area of Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, England, between 1874 and 1964. It was a stop on the Potteries Loop Line, which connected with.

History

The North Staffordshire Railway opened the station in 1874, along with the second section of the Potteries Loop Line. It was located between Elder Road and Sandbach Road.
By the time of grouping in 1923, the NSR merged into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, which lasted until 1948.
In 1948, the station and the line moved under the London Midland Region of British Railways. Diesel multiple units were introduced on to the line at the end of the 1950s, as part of a modernisation programme.
Cobridge station was recommended listed for closure in the Beeching Report of 1963. It was closed in 1964, when the passenger service on the Loop was withdrawn.

As of 2025, the bridge and steps that led to the platform are extant. The trackbed is now a footpath and the tunnel, which was to the south of the station, was infilled in 1969.

Local Stoke-on-Trent author Arnold Bennett, himself from Cobridge, would remember the station and mention it in his books; examples included "Anna of the Five Towns" and "The Old Wives' Tale" .