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| Northern 323 227 departs with a North bound service |
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| Type: | National Rail (Crewe-Derby Line) |
| Station code: | LPT |
| Opened: | 1848 |
| Platforms: | 2 |
The station was opened as Burslem in 1848 by the North Staffordshire Railway. The name was changed to Longport after another Burslem station was opened in 1873 on the Potteries Loop Line [1]. The station used to have a goods yard which later became a British Rail Speedlink terminal. Unlike a lot of former station goods yards, Longport's still exists and is now used by Electro-Motive Diesel for locomotive maintenance [2] and currently building the Class 69.
The station is unstaffed but retains it's original station building which is now Grade II listed, though not used for railway purposes. Access between the platforms is via a footbridge. The station is managed by East Midlands Railway who operate one train per hour in each direction. There are also a couple of trains a day operated by Northern.
[1] Adrian Hartless, Lines North of Stoke (Middleton Press, 2019) Map. XV
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| Footbridge and station forecourt |
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| A Cross Country service passes through |
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| Main station building |
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| View from the footbridge, EMD's depot is to the right behind the station |
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| EMR 156 497 arrives |
[1] Adrian Hartless, Lines North of Stoke (Middleton Press, 2019) Map. XV
[2] Ibid. Fig. 52
