Radway Green & Barthomley railway station was a railway station in
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...
, England, from 1848 to 1966. It was built by the
North Staffordshire Railway
The North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) was a Great Britain, British railway company formed in 1845 to promote a number of lines in the Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Potteries and surrounding areas in Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Shro ...
(NSR) and served the villages of
Barthomley
Barthomley is a village and ancient parish, and is now a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 and the 2011 census' the parish had a population of 202. ,
Oakhanger and
Radway Green. Located on the NSR line between Crewe and it was the first station on the route from .
During the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
the station was the terminating point for many trains transporting workers to and from the nearby
ROF Radway Green
BAE Systems Radway Green previously known as Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Radway Green manufactures small arms ammunition for the British armed forces. It is located in the hamlet of Radway Green near Barthomley near Alsager in Cheshire in the U ...
. This situation continued until a new station, was built at the factory in 1942.
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Disused railway stations in Cheshire
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848
Former North Staffordshire Railway stations
Beeching closures in England
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