Potteries Loop Line HANLEY TRAIN STATION COLOURIZED VIDEO

The Potteries Loop Line was a railway line that ran through the heart of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It was built by the North Staffordshire Railway off its main line (commonly referred to as the Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line via Stoke).
Hanley railway station was built by the North Staffordshire Railway as part of the Potteries Loop Line and Opened 3 July 1864.When the latter reached Burslem in 1873,a new station was built on a sharp curve in a cutting below Trinity Street. No trace of the station remains today; the site is a car park. Closed to passengers 1 August
Construction
The line was authorised and constructed as follows:
Etruria - Shelton: authorised for construction on 2 July 1847, opening for goods in 1850 and passengers in January 1862.
Shelton - Hanley: authorised for construction on 13 August 1859, opening to goods on 20 December 1861 and passengers on 13 July 1864.
The entire section to the NSR main line at Kidsgrove was authorised on 5 July 1865 opening as follows:
Hanley - Burslem: opened to passengers and goods on 1 November 1873.
Burslem - Tunstall: opened to passengers and goods on 1 December 1873.
Tunstall - Goldenhill: opened to passengers and goods on 1 October 1874.
Goldenhill - Kidsgrove: opened to passengers and goods on 15 November 1875.
The route
With the towns that the line served being located on hilltops, the geography of the route was renowned for its severe gradients and sharp curves, especially around Tunstall, Burslem and Hanley.
Leaving the main line at Etruria Junction, the line turned almost back on itself to proceed eastwards and passed through part of the Shelton Bar complex. Approaching Hanley, another sharp curve took the route northwards once again. A rising gradient led to Cobridge tunnel and then Burslem, before a 1 in 90 climb to Tunstall. After reaching the summit of the line at Newchapel, a 1 in 40 descent led to a cutting near the Birchenwood Coke Works on the approach to Kidsgrove. It then rejoined the main line at Liverpool Road Junction, north of the junction to Crewe.
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[@jeanetterobertson6744]

Superb video, a city centre with no station, bring one back now

[@timspiers6225]

Staggering what we just threw away.

[@paulknapper3633]

Some nice old footage of the loop thanks for posting 👍

[@NJAlcock-eq6rv]

The hotel next to Hanley railway station’s car park was filled in above the old station. If you look closely you can still see the tops of the arches of the station. The road above the station is half there . The southern half was removed when Hanley Tesco Extra was built.

[@jimhobbs461]

Great rare footage of the loop line. I'd like to see a restored, non-colourized version. It's a shame there appears to be no train or footplate footage of the line while operational. I travelled part of the line once as a child and always loved seeing it and the surrounding rail workings during my annual holidays with my parents staying with an aunt in Church Terrace Cobridge. The still-thriving Stoke I loved of the late fifties and sixties is now sadly long gone, and it was very sad to see how far it has declined during a recent visit.

[@ClassRoutinesRENEEsFunClips]

Interesting history. Liked. Many stations where closed over the past decades

[@rustynailer8655]

I walked the loop line remains in 1988 I recall that there was a set of BR standard 76XX locomotive driving wheels aswell the GWR prairie loco smokebox and chimney shown on your video. I remember reading that those items came from Barry scrapyard when Di Woodhams scrapped a couple of engines out of the 200 or so that survived the sixty's. I presume the grant for the loop line heritage trail allowed for purchase of the items.

[@paulhawkins2540]

Thank you such a good video

[@johnfellows2867]

The ORIGINAL Hanley railway station building still exists, it is or was a lighting shop directly opposite the Grand Hotel.

[@clangerbasher]

The county council should have bought the track bed and converted it into a road.

[@radioman1170]

It's owned by the City Coucil, not the County. You expect Stoke Council to invest in something useful?

[@clangerbasher]

@@radioman1170 Back when the track bed came up for sale Stoke was not a unitary authority and the roads were the county council's responsibility.

[@jeanetterobertson6744]

I wonder where the signage ended up

[@Stecluz]

Ebay

[@jeanetterobertson6744]

@@Stecluz honestly mate, even the zambezi club?

[@Stecluz]

Seen bits yeah

[@jeanetterobertson6744]

@@Stecluz big money I guess mate

[@paulmerchant4416]

That's why Stoke On Trent went in decline no central station and with no decent bus routes service just quickly built on the lines with money making average minimum wage call centres or warehousing that can't buy a car a backward city