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The Potteries Loop Line was a railway line that ran through the heart of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It was built by the North Staffordshire Railway off its main line (nowadays referred to as the Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line via Stoke). It was opened in many short sections due to the cost of railway construction during the 1870s. The line throughout was sanctioned but the NSR felt that the line would be unimportant enough to abandon part way though its construction. This upset residents of the towns through which the line was planned to pass and they eventually petitioned Parliament to force the completion of the route. ==Construction== The line was authorised and constructed as follows: * Etruria - Shelton: authorised for construction on 2 July 1847, opening for goods in 1850 and passengers in January 1862. * Shelton - Hanley: authorised for construction on 13 August 1859, opening to goods on 20 December 1861 and passengers on 13 July 1864. The entire section to the NSR main line at Kidsgrove was authorised on 5 July 1865 opening as follows: * Hanley - Burslem: opened to passengers and goods on 1 November 1873. * Burslem - Tunstall: opened to passengers and goods on 1 December 1873. * Tunstall - Goldenhill: opened to passengers and goods on 1 October 1874. * Goldenhill - Kidsgrove: opened to passengers and goods on 15 November 1875. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Potteries Loop Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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