title: Hartshill and Basford Halt railway station
text: # Hartshill and Basford Halt railway station
  
  Hartshill and Basford Halt was a railway station located between the Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme stations on the Market Drayton branch of the North Staffordshire Railway, approx 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Newcastle.
  
  It closed in 1926.
  
  ## Present day
  
  The tunnel between Newcastle-Under-Lyme and Hartshill and Basford Halt has been filled in and built on by housing and small commercial units.
  
  | Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station |
  | - | - | - |
  | Newcastle-under-Lyme Line closed, station closed | North Staffordshire Railway Stoke-Market Drayton Line | Stoke on Trent Line closed, station open |
  