page_title: Railway stations not officially closed with no services in the United Kingdom
section_title: Staffordshire
hierarchical_section_title: Railway stations not officially closed with no services in the United Kingdom / Staffordshire
caption_attribution_description: English: Closed Station The trains between Stone and Stoke on Trent no longer stop at Wedgwood Station.
context_page_description: Some railway stations in the United Kingdom have no services on offer from them, which renders the station effectively closed. These stations do not appear in the rail usage figures of the Office of Rail & Road as the station receive no passengers. In order for the station to officially close, the Department for Transport is required to launch a consultation process before formally closing, under the provisions of the Railways Act 2005.
context_section_description: Barlaston and Wedgwood, services suspended in May 2004
  In May 2003 Central Trains services on the Stafford to Stoke-on-Trent line were withdrawn while the line was closed as part of an upgrade of the West Coast Main Line with a bus service introduced serving Norton Bridge, Stone and Barlaston and Wedgwood. The rail service resumed in January 2004, but was withdrawn in May 2004 as Central Trains were short of crews while it trained them to operate Class 321s and 350s, and a replacement bus service was reintroduced. The rail services were scheduled to resume in May 2005, however the Strategic Rail Authority decided the rail services would not be reinstated as with an increase in services by other operators, the paths were no longer available.
  In December 2008 London Midland introduced a new service between London Euston and Crewe that operated via the Stafford to Stoke-on-Trent line, however only Stone was reopened with the other stations continuing to be served by buses. A consultation ran from October 2016 until February 2017 to officially close Norton Bridge and end the rail replacement bus service. Norton Bridge officially closed on 10 December 2017 when the London Midland franchise ended and the replacement bus, part funded by the Department for Transport ended in March 2019. However, proposals were made to reopen Wedgwood and/or Barlaston.
caption: Wedgwood in February 2010
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