Longport railway station

Longport

Location
Place	Longport
Local authority	Stoke-On-Trent
Grid reference	SJ855494
Operations
Station code	LPT
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	30,822
2011/12	37,566
2012/13	37,228
2013/14	43,026
2014/15	48,322
History
9 October 1848 (1848-10-09)	Opened^[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Longport from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Longport railway station is a station serving the areas of Longport, Middleport and Burslem, all districts in the northern part of Stoke-on-Trent, England. 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).

History

The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) on 9 October 1848 and was then named Burslem.^[1] It was renamed to Longport when a new Burslem station (which was much nearer to the town) opened after the NSR built their Loop Line.

Until 2003 Longport along with Etruria were request stops on Central Trains services running from the station.

From December 2008 Northern have reduced the number of trains which stop at the station in line with contractual requirements agreed with the Department for Transport. Northern now only operate two early morning Northbound services to Manchester Piccadilly (Monday to Friday). Southbound Northern services no longer stop at Longport, thus requiring any commuters from Manchester, Stockport and Macclesfield to use Northern services to Kidsgrove, then switch onto the hourly East Midlands Trains service to Derby.

Location and Facilities

Longport is currently un-staffed. The station has 2 platforms both of which are wheelchair accessible. The Footbridge at the station is however not wheelchair accessible.

The station is adjacent to Longbridge Hayes industrial estate and the A500 road. Longport Station has its own bus stop which is served by routes 94, 94A, 98, 98A and 99.

This station is the closest to Port Vale F.C..

Services

The main passenger services are the hourly East Midlands Trains service from Crewe to Derby which the majority of services are operated Class 153 DMUs.^[2]

Longport is also served by a small number of Northern services to Manchester Piccadilly, Macclesfield, Deansgate and Stoke-on-Trent which operate in the early morning, these services are always operated by Class 323 electrical multiple units.

Services operated by Virgin Trains, CrossCountry and London Midland do not call at Longport. During severe disruption or engineering works London Midland trains additionally call at Longport.^[3]

References

1 2 Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
↑ Table 50 National Rail timetable, May 2016
↑ "Flooding disrupts rail services near Uttoxeter". BBC. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail	Following station
Stoke-on-Trent	East Midlands Trains Crewe to Derby Line	Kidsgrove
Stoke-on-Trent	Northern Stoke-Manchester Mondays-Fridays only	Kidsgrove
Preceding station	Historical railways	Following station
Chatterley Line diverted, station closed	North Staffordshire Railway Crewe to Derby Line	Etruria Line open, station closed
	North Staffordshire Railway Macclesfield to Stoke Line
	North Staffordshire Railway Sandbach to Stoke Line

Coordinates: 53°02′31″N 2°12′58″W / 53.042°N 2.216°W / 53.042; -2.216

City and Unitary Authority area of Stoke-on-Trent

Areas, towns and wards

History

Parliamentary constituencies

Current	Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent South

Historic	Burslem Hanley Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-upon-Trent

Religion

Tourism

Buildings	Bottle ovens Etruria Hall Ford Green Hall Trentham Mausoleum The Villas Wedgwood Institute Water World Winton Square (North Stafford Hotel)

Theatres	Regent Theatre Victoria Hall Theatre Royal

Museums and libraries	Burslem School of Art Ceramica Chatterley Whitfield Etruria Industrial Museum Gladstone Pottery Museum Montagu C. Butler Library Potteries Museum & Art Gallery Spode Museum

Shopping	City Sentral Potteries Shopping Centre

Parks and countryside	Berryhill Fields Hanley Park Hartshill Park Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival Trentham Estate

Sport and music venues	Britannia Stadium Golden Torch Jollees Longton Cricket Club Ground Meir Heath Cricket Club Shelley's Laserdome The Sugarmill The Underground Vale Park

Media

Publishing	Cross Rhythms G&Y Pits n Pots The Oatcake The Staffordshire Sentinel

Radio	BBC Radio Stoke Cross Rhythms City Radio Signal 1 Signal 2 UCB UK Stoke & Stafford (DAB Multiplex)

Education

Companies

Pottery	Aynsley China Beswick Pottery Burleigh Pottery Carlton Ware CERAM Churchill China Clayburn Pottery Dudson Emma Bridgewater Etruria Works Gray's Pottery James Sadler and Sons Ltd J. & G. Meakin Midwinter Pottery Mintons Moorcroft Palissy Paragon China Portmeirion Pottery Royal Doulton Royal Winton Shelley Potteries Spode Wedgwood W H Grindley

Other	Armitage Shanks Bet365 Canditv Clay Records Dechra Pharmaceuticals Goodwin Steel Castings Hanley Economic Building Society Randles Motor Group Shelton Bar Sons Ltd. Titanic Brewery Twyford Bathrooms Wrights Pies

Sport

Association football teams	Dresden United Eastwood Hanley Hanley Town Meir KA Norton United Port Vale Stoke City

Speedway teams	Stoke Potters Stoke Spitfires

Transport

Canals	Caldon Canal Trent and Mersey Canal

Public transport	D&G Bus First Potteries Stoke Streetcar

Rail	Longport railway station Longton railway station North Staffordshire Railway Stafford-Manchester Line Stoke-on-Trent railway station Stoke railway works

Major roads	A34 A50 A52 A53 A500 Longton Interchange

Miscellaneous

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