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General information
Location	Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	KDG
Key dates
9 October 1848	Opened as Harecastle
2 October 1944	renamed Kidsgrove Central
18 April 1966	renamed Kidsgrove

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Kidsgrove railway station serves the town of Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, England. The station is 7.5 miles (12.07 km) north of Stoke-on-Trent. The station is served by trains on the Crewe to Derby Line which is also a community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) train operating company (TOC).

In the year 2009/10 the usage of the station grew by almost 58% to over 100,000 recorded journeys, in addition more than 6,434 passengers used the station to change trains. The increase in usage (followed by a similar increase for 2010/11) has been attributed to improved timetable in December 2008 (specifically the introduction of London Midland's Desiro service to London Euston via Tamworth).^[2]

History

The present station was opened 9 October 1848 by the North Staffordshire Railway as Harecastle and was during the early years of the North Staffordshire era variously called Harecastle Junction, Kidsgrove Junction. Kidsgrove Junction, Harecastle before settling upon Harecastle in 1875.^[1] Between 1885/6 and 1923/4 it was called Harecastle for Kidsgrove.^[1] In 1944 it was renamed Kidsgrove.

In British Rail days it was known as Kidsgrove Central when the town had three stations, the other two were Kidsgrove Liverpool Rd and Market Street Halt on the old North Staffordshire Railway's Potteries Loop Line (all three stations were opened by the North Staffordshire Railway). It is situated on the Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line at the junction where the line from Stoke-on-Trent divides for Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly.

It is just north of the Harecastle Tunnels on the Trent and Mersey Canal and the Harecastle railway tunnel and 1965 railway diversion.

Service pattern

Platform 1

Hourly Northern service direct to Stoke on Trent^[3] (operated by class 323 EMUs)

Platform 2

Hourly Northern service to Manchester Piccadilly calling at Congleton, Macclesfield, Prestbury, Adlington, Poynton, Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Heaton Chapel and Levenshulme (operated by class 323 EMUs)

Platform 3

Hourly East Midlands Trains service to Derby calling at Longport, Stoke on Trent, Longton, Blythe Bridge, Uttoxeter, Tutbury and Hatton and Peartree (at peak times)^[4] (operated by class 153 or 156 DMUs)
Hourly London Northwestern service to London Euston calling at Stoke on Trent, Stone, Stafford, Wolverhampton, Smethwick Galton Bridge, Birmingham New Street, Marston Green, Birmingham International, Hampton-in-Arden, Coventry, Rugby, Long Buckby, Northampton, Milton Keynes Central and Watford Junction. (operated by class 350 EMUs)

Platform 4

Hourly East Midlands Trains service to Crewe calling at Alsager (operated by class 153 or 156 DMUs)
Hourly London Northwestern service to Crewe calling at Alsager (operated by class 350 EMUs)

Preceding station	National Rail	Following station
Stoke-on-Trent	London Northwestern Railway West Coast Main Line	Alsager
Longport	East Midlands Trains Crewe to Derby Line	Alsager
Stoke-on-Trent	Northern West Coast Main Line (Manchester to Stoke Branch)	Congleton

No services operated by Virgin Trains or CrossCountry call at Kidsgrove, (though 4 Cross Country and 4 Virgin Trains services pass through platforms 1 & 2 each hour)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
^ Office of Rail Regulation (2010). "Station usage". Office of Rail Regulation. Retrieved 29 March 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Table 84 National Rail timetable, December 2018
^ Table 50 National Rail timetable, December 2018

External links

Train times and station information for Kidsgrove railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail	Following station
Longport	East Midlands Trains Crewe to Derby Line	Alsager
Stoke on Trent	London Northwestern Railway London - Crewe	Alsager
Longport	Northern Stoke-Manchester	Congleton
Stoke-on-Trent	Northern Stoke-Manchester	Congleton
Preceding station	Historical railways	Following station
Alsager Road Line open, station closed	North Staffordshire Railway Crewe to Derby Line	Chatterley Line and station closed
Mow Cop and Scholar Green Line open, station closed	North Staffordshire Railway Macclesfield to Stoke Line
Lawton Line and station closed	North Staffordshire Railway Sandbach to Stoke Line

53°05′11″N 2°14′41″W / 53.0863°N 2.2446°W / 53.0863; -2.2446

[Quick-1] Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

[2] Office of Rail Regulation (2010). "Station usage". Office of Rail Regulation. Retrieved 29 March 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] Table 84 National Rail timetable, December 2018

[4] Table 50 National Rail timetable, December 2018

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 '''Platform 3'''
 *Hourly East Midlands Trains service to '''[[Derby]]''' calling at [[Longport railway station|Longport]], Stoke on Trent, [[Longton railway station|Longton]], [[Blythe Bridge railway station|Blythe Bridge]], [[Uttoxeter railway station|Uttoxeter]], [[Tutbury and Hatton railway station|Tutbury and Hatton]] and [[Peartree railway station|Peartree]] (at peak times)<ref>{{NRtimes|December 2018|50}}</ref> (operated by class 153 or 156 DMUs)
-*Hourly [[West Midlands Trains|London Northwestern]] service to '''[[Euston railway station|London Euston]]''' calling at Stoke on Trent, [[Stone railway station|Stone]], [[Stafford railway station|Stafford]], [[Rugeley Trent Valley railway station|Rugeley Trent Valley]], [[Lichfield Trent Valley railway station|Lichfield Trent Valley]], [[Tamworth railway station|Tamworth]], [[Atherstone railway station|Atherstone]], [[Nuneaton railway station|Nuneaton]], [[Rugby railway station|Rugby]] and [[Milton Keynes Central railway station|Milton Keynes Central]].<ref>{{NRtimes|December 2018|67}}</ref> (operated by class 350 EMUs)
+*Hourly [[West Midlands Trains|London Northwestern]] service to '''[[Euston railway station|London Euston]]''' calling at Stoke on Trent, [[Stone railway station|Stone]], [[Stafford railway station|Stafford]], {{stnlnk|Wolverhampton}}, {{stnlnk|Smethwick Galton Bridge}}, {{stnlnk|Birmingham New Street}}, {{stnlnk|Marston Green}}, {{stnlnk|Birmingham International}}, {{stnlnk|Hampton-in-Arden}}, {{stnlnk|Coventry}}, {{stnlnk|Rugby}}, {{stnlnk|Long Buckby}}, {{stnlnk|Northampton}}, {{stnlnk|Milton Keynes Central}} and {{stnlnk|Watford Junction}}. (operated by class 350 EMUs)
 '''Platform 4'''
 *Hourly East Midlands Trains service to '''[[Crewe]]''' calling at [[Alsager railway station|Alsager]] (operated by class 153 or 156 DMUs)