Trains to Longport - Station Details and further Information on Longport Train Services
Longport train station is a station serving the areas of Longport, Middleport and Burslem, all districts in the northern part of Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom. Hourly passenger services to Longport are provided by East Midlands Trains, and additionally in morning peak hours by Northern Rail.
The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 9 October 1848 and was then named Burslem. It was renamed to Longport when a new Burslem station (which was much nearer to the town) opened after the NSR built their Loop Line.
The station is adjacent to Longbridge Hayes industrial estate and the A500 road.
From December Northern have reduced the number of trains which stop at the station in line with contractual requirements agreed with the Department for Transport. Northern now only operate two early morning Northbound services to Manchester Piccadilly at 06.34 and 07.21 (Monday to Friday). Southbound Northern Rail services no longer stop at Longport, thus requiring any commuters from Manchester, Stockport and Macclesfield to use Northern Rail services to Kidsgrove, then switch onto the hourly East Midlands Trains service to Derby.
This station is the closest to Port Vale F.C. |