Anybody remember Leekbrook Junction as a station?

Well here you go...

This is a rather strange photograph to see really! The hill at the back is still there but between that and the fence by the platform, there are lots of trees! TO the right where the telegraph poles are lined, that is again, trees which line the estate of where we live. As you can see from the photo below, there are the trees on the right, the platform is there on teh left yet fully grassed (still is) and yet there is a metal fence up the top left corner near the junction box where we walk around to continue up the disused railway line.

Many of the tracks are still here today (2008), its a shame as they are all covered in bushes and mini tree saplings now (need a good tidy-up on them tracks so people can walk easier). It is believed, or should I say rumoured, that the CVR wishes to extend this part of the Churnet Valley railway, back up towards where Leek station used to be located, where the cattle market and morrisons is today. I am not sure how true the rumour is, but if the disused tracks are to be maintained and reacknowledged for the engines to 'again' go towards what used to be their main station in Leek, then it could take between 5 and 10 years to establish and regain the working order.

I so hope the rumour is true, I would love to see the trains going past our estate, not just stopping and I would also love it to be a getting on and off point, as Leekbrook junction used to be.



and what does it look like now?
here are more trees to the right (behind this being the 'Cheddleton Way' Wainhomes housing estate where we live)
Here you can see on the upper left, the Leekbrook Junction platform, obviously nobody can stand on it as they would have used to due to all the grass and foliage now but lets hope the rumours are true and the Churnet Valley Railway and Network Rail can bring the rest of the lines up yonder back to life in the next 5 to 10 years.

On taking my daughter to one of the two park areas on St Edward Park housing estate today I met a lady and her grandchild also playing there, She said she was one of the many passengers who travelled on the very last train which travelled through from Oulton all the way into Leek, she also met her husband on that very train as he was a fireman on the train, they met on what is now the Morrisons deli counter! how romantic?

If you read this, to the lady in question, please feel free to comment more and tell us your tale of meeting your Husband.