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Waterloo Road
Site of Waterloo Road station
General information
Location	Hanley, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent England
Coordinates	53°01′53″N 2°10′57″W / 53.0314°N 2.1826°W / 53.0314; -2.1826
Grid reference	SJ878482
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways (London Midland region)
Key dates
1 April 1900	Opened
4 October 1943	Closed to passenger services
3 January 1966	Closed to general goods services
31 July 1969	Closed to all goods services

Waterloo Road railway station was built by the North Staffordshire Railway as part of on the Potteries Loop Line and served the north of the town of Hanley, Staffordshire. The station opened in 1900 and closed to passengers in 1943. General goods traffic remained until 1966 with oil traffic continuing until 1969

No trace of the station remains today, the station was at the road crossing on Waterloo Road between Hanley and Cobridge.

References

1. ^ Quick, Michael (2009) . Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
2. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

External links

• Waterloo Road page on Potteries.org.

• Disused railway stations in Stoke-on-Trent
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1943
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1900
• Former North Staffordshire Railway stations
• 1900 establishments in England
• 1943 disestablishments in England