Closed Stations Journey quiz

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Passing the the run of heritage stations (which now includes Leek Brook).....

Leek

 

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Rudyard

 

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Cliffe Park.

(Also once known as Cliffe Park Halt / Rudyard Lake).

 

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Rushton

 

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Rudyard

Not so, as after Leek, we took the next line of this journey, the NSR Leek to Stoke-on-Trent Line (as stated on the journey preamble) on which the first closed station to be met is that of Wall Grange.

 

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Endon

 

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Stockton Brook

 

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Milton

 

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Bucknall and Northwood

 

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Fenton Manor

 

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Whieldon Road Halt

 

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Mount Pleasant Halt

 

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Sideway Halt

 

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Trentham

 

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Norton Bridge?

 

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Norton Bridge?

Prior to that was Stone (1st station)...but to continue.....

Bridgeford

 

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Great Bridgeford

 

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Stafford Common

 

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Stafford Common

 

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Salt and Sandon

 

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Ingestre and Weston

 

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Chartley

 

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Grindley

Journeys end

 

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We next move to Scotland for the next journey.....

This is number 1634 in the series so far.....

The journey starts at the closed station of Coalburn
It follows the line of the CR Coalburn Branch Line
It then follows the line of the CR Mid-Lanark Line...via Stonehouse
It then follows the line of the Darvel and Strathaven Railway...via Strathaven Central
It then follows the line of the GPK&A Darvel Branch Line...via Loudounhill
It then follows the line of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway...via Hurlford...via the Montgreenan loop line
It then follows the line of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway...via Ibrox
It then follows the line of the City of Glasgow Union Railway...via Shields Road
It then follows the line of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway...via Dullatur
It then follows the line of the Scottish Central Railway...via Greenhill Lower
It then follows the line of the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway...via Causewayhead
It then follows the line of the Devon Valley Railway...via Sauchie
It then follows the line of the Fife and Kinross Railway...via Kinross Junction
It then follows the line of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway...via Collessie...note 1st and 2nd stations
It then follows the line of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway...via Muirton
The journey ends at the closed station of Forfar

The first closed station on this journey is Coalburn

 

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Auchlochan

 

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Alton Heights Junction

 

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Brocketsbrae

 

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Auchenheath

 

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Tillietudlem

Always reminds me of a scullery maid in the Laird's house.

 

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Netherburn