Description:This station was completed in the early 1850s. The North Staffordshire Railway Company's Churnet Valley line ran through this station taking passengers to Leek and Macclesfield. Another service took passengers to Ashbourne and Buxton. The Ashbourne line closed to passengers in 1954, and regular passenger trains on the Churnet Valley line in 1960.
This picture shows signs on the platform for the Porter's Room, Gentleman's First Class Waiting Room, and a Ladies Waiting Room. There are also milk churns on the platform, awaiting collection.