Mow Cop and Scholar Green railway station

Mow Cop and Scholar Green
Location
Place	Mow Cop
Area	Cheshire East
Coordinates	53°07′08″N 2°14′04″W / 53.1188°N 2.2345°W / 53.1188; -2.2345Coordinates: 53°07′08″N 2°14′04″W / 53.1188°N 2.2345°W / 53.1188; -2.2345
Grid reference	SJ843579
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Pre-grouping	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
9 October 1848 (1848-10-09)	Opened as Mow Cop^[1]
c. 1896	Renamed Mow Cop (Scholar Green)^[1]
?	Renamed Mow Cop and Scholar Green^[1]
7 September 1964 (1964-09-07)	Closed^[1]
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Mow Cop and Scholar Green railway station was a station on the North Staffordshire Railway between Stoke-on-Trent and Congleton. It served the village of Mow Cop.

The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 9 October 1848.^[2] It closed in 1964 and was immortalised that year in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

The signal box survived in use until 2002, and is now preserved privately in the village.^[3]

Preceding station		Historical railways		Following station
Congleton Line and station open		North Staffordshire Railway Macclesfield to Stoke Line		Kidsgrove Line and station open
Congleton Line and station open		North Staffordshire Railway Potteries Loop Line		Kidsgrove Liverpool Road Line and station closed

References

1 2 3 4 Butt, R. V. J. (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. 165. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
↑ "Mow Cop Station". Retrieved 15 November 2009.
↑ "Mow Cop Signalbox". Retrieved 15 November 2009.

Closed railway stations in Cheshire

St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway	Ann Street Halt Appleton

Birkenhead Railway	Daresbury Norton (Cheshire) Halton Dunham Hill Mickle Trafford Hadlow Road Neston South Parkgate

Chester to Crewe	Waverton Tattenhall Road Beeston Castle and Tarporley Calveley Worleston

Macclesfield to Marple	Bollington Higher Poynton Middlewood Higher

Northwich to Sandbach	Billinge Green Halt Middlewich Cledford Bridge Halt

Winsford and Over Branch Line	Whitegate Winsford and Over

Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway	Waverton Tattenhall Broxton Malpas Grindley Brook Halt

Sandbach to Kidsgrove	Wheelock and Sandbach Hassall Green Lawton

Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway	Warrington Arpley Latchford Thelwall Lymm Heatley & Warburton

Mid-Cheshire Line	Chester Northgate Mickle Trafford East Barrow for Tarvin

Chester & Connah's Quay Railway	Chester Northgate Chester Liverpool Road Blacon

Helsby to Mouldsworth Junction	Helsby and Alvanley Manley

Nantwich to Market Drayton	Coole Pilate Halt Audlem Coxbank Halt

Wirral Line	Upton-by-Chester Mollington Ledsham

Other stations	Alsager Road Balderton Basford Betley Road Bosley Burton Point Collins Green Culcheth Ditton Macclesfield Hibel Road Minshull Vernon Moore Mow Cop and Scholar Green Newchurch Halt North Rode Over and Wharton Preston Brook Radway Green and Barthomley Sutton Weaver Tanhouse Lane Widnes Central Willaston

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