Longport railway station

Longport
Location
Place	Longport
Local authority	Stoke-On-Trent
Grid reference	SJ855494
Operations
Station code	LPT
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	5,742
2005/06	7,244
2006/07	11,353
2007/08	13,958
2008/09	15,030
2009/10	23,108
2010/11	30,822
2011/12	37,566
History
9 October 1848 (1848-10-09)	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Longport from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Longport railway station is a station serving the areas of Longport, Middleport and Burslem, all districts in the northern part of Stoke-on-Trent, England. The station is served by trains on the Crewe to Derby Line which is also a Community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) Train Operating Company (TOC).

History

The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) on 9 October 1848 and was then named Burslem. It was renamed to Longport when a new Burslem station (which was much nearer to the town) opened after the NSR built their Loop Line.

Until 2003 Longport along with Etruria were request stops on Central Trains services running from the station.

From December 2008 Northern have reduced the number of trains which stop at the station in line with contractual requirements agreed with the Department for Transport. Northern now only operate two early morning Northbound services to Manchester Piccadilly (Monday to Friday). Southbound Northern Rail services no longer stop at Longport, thus requiring any commuters from Manchester, Stockport and Macclesfield to use Northern Rail services to Kidsgrove, then switch onto the hourly East Midlands Trains service to Derby.

Location and Facilities

Longport is currently un-staffed. The station has 2 platforms both of which are wheelchair accessible. The Footbridge at the station is however not wheelchair accessible.

The station is adjacent to Longbridge Hayes industrial estate and the A500 road. Longport Station has its own bus stop which is served by routes 94, 94A, 98, 98A and 99.

This station is the closest to Port Vale F.C..

Services

The main passenger services are the hourly East Midlands Trains service from Crewe to Derby which the majority of services are operated Class 153 DMUs.

Longport is also served by a small number of Northern Rail services to Manchester Piccadilly, Macclesfield, Deansgate and Stoke-on-Trent which operate in the early morning, these services are always operated by Class 323 electrical multiple units.

Services operated by Virgin Trains, CrossCountry and London Midland do not call at Longport. During severe disruption or engineering works London Midland trains additionally call at Longport.

External links

• Train times and station information for Longport railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Stoke-on-Trent		East Midlands Trains Crewe to Derby Line		Kidsgrove
Stoke-on-Trent		Northern Rail Stoke-Manchester Mondays-Fridays only		Kidsgrove
Preceding station		Historical railways		Following station
Chatterley Line diverted, station closed		North Staffordshire Railway Crewe to Derby Line		Etruria Line open, station closed
		North Staffordshire Railway Macclesfield to Stoke Line
		North Staffordshire Railway Sandbach to Stoke Line