Madeley Junction, Staffordshire

Madeley Junction is a railway junction situated between Stafford and Crewe on the Crewe and Stafford Line section of the West Coast Main Line (WCML) in Staffordshire, England.

The junction originally linked the now closed Market Drayton Line (engineer's line reference HCM2) between Stoke-on-Trent and Market Drayton at 7 miles 36 chains from Cockshute Junction, to the West Coast Main Line (engineer's line reference LEC4) at 149 miles 41 chains from London Euston.[1] The two lines were linked via the 25 chain Madeley Chord Line (engineer's line reference HCM3) from Madeley Chord Junction on the Market Drayton Line, to Madeley Junction on the WCML. The junctions were controlled by Madeley signal box (MY) located on the east of the WCML at 149 miles 74 chains from London Euston.[2] The out of use connection between the lines at Madeley Junction was disconnected as part of the WCML modernisation in the mid 2000s. Madeley junction now solely comprises a set of facing points between the Down Slow and Up Slow lines of the WCML at about 149 miles 41 chains. The extant junction is controlled by the Stoke-on-Trent signalling centre.[1]

References
  1. Bridge, Mike (2013). Railway Track Diagrams Book 4: Midlands and North West (3rd ed.). Bradford-On-Avon: Trackmaps. p. 12, 21. ISBN 978-0-9549866-7-4.
  2. Jacobs, Gerald (1990). London Midland Region Track Diagrams. Exeter: Quail Map Company. p. 12. ISBN 0-900609-74-5.

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