Alton Station (Q4736910)

  • matcher place: Staffordshire Moorlands (relation 165218), Staffordshire (relation 195444), Farley (relation 6024544)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: 1849 establishments in England, Beeching closures in England, Disused railway stations in Staffordshire, Former North Staffordshire Railway stations, Grade II listed buildings in Staffordshire, Grade II listed railway stations, Italianate architecture in England, Landmark Trust properties in England, Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965, Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849, Repurposed railway stations in Europe
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Alton Station, previously called Alton railway station and Alton Towers railway station, is holiday accommodation and an abandoned railway station in Staffordshire, managed by the Landmark Trust. Opened in 1849 by the North Staffordshire Railway, the station was part of the Churnet Valley line and served the village of Alton and the country estate at Alton Towers. In 1954, the station was renamed Alton Towers. After being closed in 1965, Alton Towers was purchased by Staffordshire County Council in 1969 to curtail persistent vandalism of the station building, and in 1979 was sold to the Landmark Trust, who renamed the site to Alton Station and converted the former station buildings into holiday accommodation.

Wikidata location: 52.9809, -1.8950 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Alton Towers (OSM), 168 metres from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Alton Towers
railway: site
old_name: Alton
disused:railway: station
wikidata: Q4736910

wikidata match: Q4736910

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station (Q12819564) public_transport=station
building (Q41176) building=yes, building
public transport stop (Q548662) public_transport=platform, public_transport=stop_position
railway station (Q55488) railway=station
railway facility (Q800279) landuse=railway

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Disused railway stations in Staffordshire railway=tram_stop, railway=station, site=railway, disused=station, site=station, public_transport=stop_area, type=site, building=train_station, railway=disused_station, site=railway_station, railway=halt, railway=historic_station, railway=facility, public_transport=station
Former North Staffordshire Railway stations building=train_station, railway=tram_stop, railway=station, site=railway_station, site=railway, railway=historic_station, railway=halt, site=station, public_transport=stop_area, railway=facility, public_transport=station, type=site
Grade II listed railway stations building=train_station, railway=tram_stop, railway=station, site=railway_station, site=railway, railway=historic_station, railway=halt, site=station, public_transport=stop_area, railway=facility, public_transport=station, type=site
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 building=train_station, railway=tram_stop, railway=station, site=railway_station, site=railway, railway=historic_station, railway=halt, site=station, public_transport=stop_area, railway=facility, public_transport=station, type=site
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 building=train_station, railway=tram_stop, railway=station, site=railway_station, site=railway, railway=historic_station, railway=halt, site=station, public_transport=stop_area, railway=facility, public_transport=station, type=site
Repurposed railway stations in Europe building=train_station, railway=tram_stop, railway=station, site=railway_station, site=railway, railway=historic_station, railway=halt, site=station, public_transport=stop_area, railway=facility, public_transport=station, type=site