Rocester railway station
Rocester railway station served the village of Rocester, in Staffordshire, England. It was a stop on the Churnet Valley Line, built by the North Staffordshire Railway.
History
It was opened in 1849 by the NSR on its Churnet Valley Line between and. Three years later, it became a junction station when the NSR built a branch to, via. This was met in 1899 by the Ashbourne Line from, built by the London and North Western Railway.The aim of the LNWR was to run expresses from Buxton to London, as well as gaining access to and the East Midlands. In fact, the expresses never materialised, being no more than through coaches attached to other trains at Uttoxeter. Even in London, Midland and Scottish Railway days, when the trains ran through from Buxton to Rocester, they were timetabled as different services which included a through coach.
Freight services ended in 1964 and the station was closed in 1965; it was demolished after closure.