Potteries Loop Line

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The Potteries Loop Line was a railway line in Staffordshire, England, that served the pottery-producing towns of the Stoke-on-Trent area, connecting several communities in the industrial "Potteries" district.

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Label Occurrences
Potteries Loop Line canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former railway line ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
builtBy North Staffordshire Railway ⓘ
closedCompletely 1960s ⓘ
closedToPassengersUnder Beeching cuts ⓘ
completed 1875 ⓘ
connectedTo Kidsgrove ⓘ
Stoke-on-Trent station ⓘ
West Coast Main Line ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hadStation Burslem railway station ⓘ
Cobridge railway station ⓘ
Etruria railway station ⓘ
Hanley railway station ⓘ
Kidsgrove Central railway station ⓘ
Shelton railway station ⓘ
Tunstall railway station ⓘ
laterOperator British Railways ⓘ
linked to: British Rail

London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
legacyUse sections converted to cycleways ⓘ
sections converted to footpaths ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Staffordshire ⓘ
Stoke-on-Trent ⓘ
The Potteries ⓘ
notableTraffic pottery industry freight ⓘ
opened 1873 ⓘ
openedSection Burslem to Tunstall section opened 1873 ⓘ
Hanley to Burslem section opened 1873 ⓘ
Shelton to Hanley section opened 1864 ⓘ
Tunstall to Kidsgrove section opened 1875 ⓘ
operator North Staffordshire Railway ⓘ
partOf North Staffordshire Railway network ⓘ
passengerServicesWithdrawn 1964 ⓘ
primaryPurpose passenger traffic ⓘ
regionNicknamed The Potteries ⓘ
routeCharacter industrial ⓘ
urban ⓘ
secondaryPurpose freight traffic ⓘ
served Burslem ⓘ
Hanley ⓘ
Stoke-on-Trent area ⓘ
linked to: Stoke-on-Trent

Tunstall ⓘ
pottery-producing towns ⓘ
servedIndustry ceramics industry ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
ironworks ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Staffordshire Railway → notableRoute → Potteries Loop Line ⓘ