Railway Station, Stone

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Date:May 1974

Description:Stone Railway Station was built between the first two railway lines built by the North Staffordshire Railway Company, Norton Bridge and Colwich (on the London line). Its Jacobean-style architecture was the work of Hunt.

The first passenger train to use the station left Stoke for Norton Bridge on 17 April 1848, drawn by No. 1 engine 'Dragon'.

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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire County Records Office

Donor ref:County Record Office No., 4748/2, img: 1538 (18/1989)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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