77-554: Threekingham Bar is the name given to interception of the A52 ( Grantham to Boston ) and A15 ( Peterborough to Lincoln and Hull ) roads, 1 mile (1.6 km) to the west of the village of Threekingham , in Lincolnshire , England The interception is arranged as a small modern roundabout. Both roads are single carriageway. The countryside is undulating, and the A52 descends into
154-719: A bypass. An alternative for cars could be to take the B1192/B1184 through Hubbert's Bridge and Sibsey , rejoining at Old Leake. In Boston, it follows the inner relief road, where it becomes John Adams Way , which crosses the River Witham (where it is tidal ) on the £220,000 Haven Bridge, which opened in June 1966. It passes the Esso John Adams Way Service Station on the right, close to two speed cameras in either direction and overshadowed by
231-694: A junction with Toton Lane (B6003), which connects to both Stapleford and the Toton Lane Park & Ride site that is linked to central Nottingham by the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) tramway . The roundabout is also near the George Spencer Academy and the garden centre after which it is named. The A52 then passes through Bramcote at the roundabout with the A6007 next to Bramcote leisure centre and becomes
308-802: A large Morrisons (former Safeway ), and crosses the Grantham Canal meeting the former route (A6011) at a busy roundabout near the Bridge pub. The section from the QMC to the A606 Wheatcroft Island roundabout used to be the A614 until the Gamston section was opened. The former route of the A52 into Nottingham is now the A6200 and A6011. Heading east as Radcliffe Road with Bassingfield to
385-476: A large area to north-east of Stoke-on-Trent station is now seen as a developing University Quarter, and now absorbs the relocated sixth-form college previously sited a mile or so to the south at Fenton, and the main further education college just to the north, and possibly also the Burslem campus of Stoke-on-Trent College. This £150m "quarter" regeneration will also entail investment in the immediate surroundings of
462-568: A level crossing, then meets the A1121 from the left at a mini-roundabout close to a Peugeot , Citroën and BMW garage. It enters Boston as Sleaford Road along a long straight avenue of trees, passing the Shell Boston garage on the right. There are crossroads for Brothertoft Road (A1137), which can be used to avoid the busy town centre, then a mini-roundabout with Carlton Road becoming Queen Street . There are crossroads, with Asda to
539-403: A newly refurbished waiting room, ladies' and gentlemen's toilets. Platform 3 is a short bay platform used by Northern Trains' regional services to Manchester Piccadilly, which currently depart at xx:56 (Monday to Saturday daytime) and call at all stations excluding Longport. The station building retains much of its mid-Victorian character, including a classic glazed roof, built in 1893, that spans
616-571: A post box, free newly refurbished toilets for both ladies and gentlemen, a refurbished waiting room, a first class lounge with Wi-Fi and offices for the British Transport Police . In April 2011, a series of FalcoLevel two-tier cycle parking systems were installed providing secure accommodation for up to 66 bikes. There is both a tiled passenger subway and a passenger operated lift connecting platform 1 with platforms 2 and 3. Northbound trains usually depart from platform 2, which has
693-814: A roundabout with Barrowby Gate , next to the Muddle Go Nowhere , passing through Green Hill. At the bottom of Barrowby Road is a low-height railway bridge, which in 2005 was the most-hit railway bridge in the UK. Until only recently this busy trunk road was part of the High Street in Grantham; now it is diverted alongside the East Coast Main Line on Sankt Augustin Way , which is also the A607 . At
770-458: A row of railway cottages either side of the square are grade II listed. The building is constructed of dark red brick with black diapering and stone dressings. It has three Dutch-style gables ; the central gable has a prominent first-floor bay window, which is decoratively mullioned , above which is a parapet bearing the NSR's coat of arms. Behind the bay window is the boardroom of the NSR, while
847-807: A three-lane dual carriageway, however the left lane is a bus lane. There is a right-turn at traffic lights for Wollaton Road (B6006) for Beeston near the Nurseryman pub. It enters the City of Nottingham at the A6464 Priory roundabout ( Woodside Road leading to the A6005) in Lenton Abbey with the Shell Priory garage on the right, and the Wollaton Miller and Carter Steakhouse on
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#1732802525409924-456: A valley to the west. The location is rural, with no human habitation. The name dates it to the turnpike era. The A52 approximately follows the route of Salters Way . An 18th-century mile post is in the verge, 220 yards (200 m) south from the roundabout. 52°55′06″N 0°24′42″W / 52.91847°N 0.41155°W / 52.91847; -0.41155 ( Threekingham Bar ) This Lincolnshire location article
1001-585: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This England road or road transport-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . A52 road (Great Britain) The A52 is a major road in the East Midlands , England . It runs east from a junction with the A53 at Newcastle-under-Lyme near Stoke-on-Trent via Ashbourne , Derby , Stapleford , Nottingham , West Bridgford , Bingham , Grantham , Boston and Skegness to
1078-707: Is a junction with the A5272 (for Berry Hill). As Werrington Road in Bucknall it passes the former Mitchell High School and enters Staffordshire and the borough of the Staffordshire Moorlands . It passes through Ash Bank and Staffordshire , then meets the A520 (for Leek) at crossroads, then overlaps the A522 (for Cheadle ). It passes through the villages of Kingsley and then Froghall where it crosses over
1155-762: Is close to Boston High School . The road has a roundabout with the A16 and becomes Wainfleet Road . At the Burton Corner roundabout, Skegness is signposted in the direction of the A16. It passes the Burton House on the right, then passes the Ball House Inn at Willoughby Hills . It crosses the Hobhole Drain at Haltoft End where it passes the Freiston Centre for Environmental Education and
1232-653: Is not grade-separated and meets the roundabout, thus causing many severe queues at rush-hour. Near Spondon , there is a large GSJ with the A5111 Derby outer ring road. The £4.6 million (£24.9 million as of 2023), 0.5-mile (0.8 km) Borrowash Bypass Extension opened on 29 May 1980 as well the £6 million (£32.5 million as of 2023), Nottingham Road Diversion, from the Pentagon Island to Raynesway . Both sections totalled 2.5 miles (4.0 km). 0.5 miles (0.8 km) before Borrowash, it enters
1309-657: Is now an industrial estate. The area around the next section of road to Derby has links with Bonnie Prince Charlie . It passes through Brailsford and the Rose and Crown and at Kirk Langley , there is a junction with the B5020 for Mickleover . It passes Mackworth , the Munday Arms and Mackworth Hotel , with part of the Mackworth Estate to the south and Markeaton Park. Entering Derby as Ashbourne Road , it meets
1386-641: Is the hub of North Staffordshire's passenger train service. The station also used to have links to Leek (the Biddulph Valley Line via Fenton Manor and Endon ), Cheadle , to Market Drayton via Newcastle-under-Lyme and Silverdale (Staffordshire) and was the southern terminus of the Potteries Loop Line . All of these routes closed to passenger traffic in the 1950s and 1960s, though the line to Leek remained in use for sand and stone traffic to Caldon Low and Oakamoor quarries until
1463-832: Is used by 70,000 motorists daily as they pass under the 2007 footbridge towards Pentagon Island. From the Radio Derby building (to the west of the city centre) to Nottingham, it is dual-carriageway. It crosses the River Derwent , the A601 leaves to the south, and it passes under the Midland Main Line as Eastgate . There is the Pentagon Island Grade Separated Junction (GSJ) with the A61 near Chaddesden . The westbound-direction
1540-647: The 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -mile (2.4 km) bypass to the south of Bicker , which opened in the early 1990s, where it meets the B1181 and becomes Donington Road . It passes the Texaco Bicker Bar Service Station on the left at the roundabout with the A17 . It meets a roundabout for Swineshead and passes through Drayton, meets the B1391 as Abbey Lane , then Drayton Road . At Baythorpe passing
1617-789: The A46 at the large Saxondale roundabout, which has the Shell Saxondale garage. The road runs roughly parallel with the Nottingham-Grantham railway between Radcliffe on Trent and Grantham. From the A46, the road heads east past Bingham on the £2.6 million (£9.62 million as of 2023), 2-mile (3.2 km) Bingham bypass opened in December 1986. The road passes the Murco Kings Service Station on
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#17328025254091694-958: The A606 at busy roundabouts. This section from the A606 roundabout, near the Wheatcroft Garden Centre, to the Dunkirk junction (current A6005, then the A453) – the Nottingham Ring Road – was opened in 1963 as mostly single carriageway. The section from Clifton Bridge to the A60 roundabout was dualled in December 1968. The £6 million 2-mile (3.2 km) section from Gamston to Lings Bar opened in September 1981 as Gamston Lings Bar Road . It passes close to Tollerton Airfield and
1771-709: The Angel Inn in Wrangle , then the primary school towards Wrangle Lowgate. The section between Boston and Skegness has had straighter sections since the late 1990s. Just before a bend to the right where it becomes Holland Lane then Main Road , it enters the district of East Lindsey . There are left turns for Friskney . It then passes through Friskney Tofts, where it passes the Barley Mow near Friskey Eaudyke then Wainfleet Tofts. It passes near to Wainfleet St Mary (near
1848-705: The Borough of Erewash . Further east, it is the main east–west route from Derby to Nottingham, connecting the two cities via the busy junction 25 of the M1 at Sandiacre. The £250,000 3-mile (4.8 km) Borrowash Bypass opened in 1957, although the bridge at Ockbrook opened in 1969, from a roundabout with the A6005 to Hopwell Firs. The former route is partly the A6005. The 5-mile (8 km) £2 million (£51.2 million as of 2023), Sandiacre Stapleford Bypass opened in December 1964, being built two years before junction 25 of
1925-716: The Castle Inn . There are right turns for Butterwick and it goes through Benington becoming Main Road where it passes All Saints church and the Admiral Nelson , then Leverton where it passes St Helena's church. Near to Leverton Highgate is the Traveller's Rest cafe, and Three Horseshoes . It passes through Old Leake , and meets the B1184 near The Giles School and passes the Bricklayer's Arms and passes near to
2002-815: The Churnet Valley Railway and Cauldon Canal , before meeting the A521 and B5053 (for Ipstones ). It passes through Whiston and meets the B5417 (for Oakamoor ). It meets the A523 (for Leek) and passes through Swinscoe , then briefly enters East Staffordshire . The road enters Derbyshire and the Derbyshire Dales district where it crosses the River Dove over the Hanging Bridge near
2079-496: The Crewe–Derby line , providing local services within the metropolitan region. On Mondays to Saturdays, services depart eastbound to Newark Castle via Derby and Nottingham from Crewe via Stoke-on-Trent at a frequency of 1tph, with evening services terminating at Nottingham. Southbound services depart from platform 1 to a range of regional and national destinations: Avanti West Coast : CrossCountry : London Northwestern Railway : There are strong proposals to reopen
2156-447: The Holland Road Service Station on the right, where it re-enters South Kesteven. From here to the South-Forty Foot Drain (about 5 miles (8 km)), the road lies on the border of the districts of North Kesteven and South Kesteven. There are crossroads with the B1394 (for Swaton and Horbling ), and the road meets the B1177 from nearby Billingborough at Bridge End, becoming Bridge End Causeway . At Donington High Bridge , it enters
2233-400: The North Stafford Hotel and the current station comprise the original 1848 station complex. There is also a Subway outlet situated to the right of the North Stafford Hotel as you look at it. Directly opposite the station entrance is the statue of potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795), sculpted by Edward Davis and erected in 1863. Wedgwood holds in his hand an exact copy of the Portland Vase ,
2310-404: The North Stafford Hotel , were opened in June 1849. All these buildings were constructed by John Jay to the design of H.A. Hunt of London, using an architectural style referred to as "robust Jacobean manor-house". The station was built by the North Staffordshire Railway Company (NSR) and, until the amalgamation of 1923, housed the company's boardroom and its principal offices. Stoke-on-Trent
2387-400: The Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham was named Brian Clough Way in 2005 to honour the late Derby County and Nottingham Forest football manager Brian Clough . Historically the A52 used to start at Nantwich in Cheshire , but was renumbered to become the A500 , the A531 , and the B5500 —the A500 sections later becoming unclassified. The road starts as Ryecroft from
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2464-414: The River Trent ) as far as the A60 roundabout, where it continues East towards the A1. The former route through Nottingham is now the A6200, then down Angel Row , Wheeler Gate , Lister Gate then through what is now the Broadmarsh Centre and past the railway station on Carrington Street , through The Meadows as Arkwright Street to a point near the A60/A6011 junction, over Trent Bridge and along
2541-406: The floodlights of Boston United . There are traffic lights at a roundabout with the A1137/B1183 (for Horncastle ), where the inner-relief road ends near the Red Cow Hotel . Boston Shopping Park is on the left, and the road becomes Spilsby Road where it crosses the Maud Foster Drain] at Bargate Bridge near Maud Foster Windmill . It passes Holy Trinity church on the left, and the Mill Inn which
2618-506: The railway station becoming Roman Bank . After the junction with the A158 (from Lincoln), it is no longer a trunk road, and passes the Total North End Service Station on the right. North of Skegness, it meets Seathorne near the primary school, Garden City pub, Skegness Water Leisure Park, Butlins and Fantasy Island. It passes through Ingoldmells and the primary school as Skegness Road , heading slightly westwards through Hogsthorpe as South End then High Street . At Mumby, it meets
2695-443: The A500 upgrade was completed in 2006/7. The new car park opened October 2009. Winton Chambers (a self-contained section of the main station building, including the entire upper floor) is currently leased to Staffordshire University , which has its main Stoke-on-Trent campuses in College Road off Station Road and in Leek Road nearby. The university also leases Nos. 1, 2 & 3 Winton Square and Nos. 4 & 5 Winton Square, which with
2772-436: The A607 exit into Grantham, although there is a low bridge (13') on Springfield Road (another part of the A607), which was the UK's most-hit bridge in 2006. There have been plans for an A52 bypass south of Grantham, which have many cycle-riding objectors. South of the town, it meets the B1174 at traffic lights near the Spotted Cow , with the Total St Leonards Service Station on the left and Pizza Hut and McDonald's on
2849-525: The B1449 as Station Road and passes the St Thomas of Canterbury church and Red Lion , with a left turn for Cumberworth . Passing through Huttoft there is the primary school and the Axe and Cleaver Inn on Mumby Road and Sutton Road . Next is Sandilands and it reaches Sutton-on-Sea as Huttoft Road , passing the primary school and meets the A1111 at a roundabout, becoming Trusthorpe Road . At Trusthorpe as Sutton Road , it passes some radio masts. It reaches Mablethorpe as Seaholme Road and ends at
2926-404: The B6403/B1176 roundabout, which it follows for about 0.5 miles (0.8 km). Ermine Street continues as the B6403 northwards at Cold Harbour. Traffic for Skegness may want to take the A153 instead (via the Sleaford bypass), as from Boston – Wainfleet, the traffic slows down. It follows High Dike , and there is a left turn for Welby and a right turn for Ropsley . There is a crossroads with
3003-487: The Clifton Boulevard around the south of Nottingham. It overlaps the A453 , then the A453 exits for the M1 and Clifton near the Texaco Silverdale Service Station and The Becket School . One of the bridges over the Trent at Clifton Bridge includes a section of the former B680 (which followed the route into Nottingham now used by the A453). The 275 ft east bridge opened in 1958, being officially opened by Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy . The bridge
3080-407: The Evangelist church on the left, with the easterly section being Agard Street and the westerly section being Friargate . From the traffic lights at the eastern end of both, the road becomes Ford Street , passing the Friargate Studios. It overlaps the £3.5 million (£58.3 million as of 2023), A601 Derby Inner Ring Road, which is called St Alkmunds Way and was opened on 30 July 1972. It
3157-400: The M1 had been opened although all the bridges and roundabout were part of the bypass. It was the first major road project opened by the 1964 Labour government . The former route is the B5010. It crosses the Nottingham section of the Midland Main Line , and the River Erewash and Erewash Canal , entering Nottinghamshire and the Borough of Broxtowe . Bardill's Island roundabout provides
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3234-401: The New Hammond Beck. It passes Wyberton Fen and meets a roundabout with a Tesco superstore and B&Q on the left at Chain Bridge. The Hammer & Pincers pub is on the left just before a roundabout, where the main route follows to the left, and the straight-on direction is for Wyberton . The Alban Retail Park is on the right before it crosses the South Forty-Foot Drain and railway at
3311-405: The benefit of the many local pottery manufacturers. It was established in 1951, and still operates. Also the main Royal Mail depot for Stoke-on-Trent is located opposite the station next to the North Stafford Hotel. Until the early 1990s mail arrived from all over the county into Stoke station and then transferred across the road to the sorting office. Local bus services stop at two bus stops on
3388-447: The busy A38 at a roundabout, and Esso Mackworth Service Station . It passes the Shell Friargate garage on the left which has now been closed down. From here to the dual-carriageway is a popular pub crawl , with many student residences close by for the University of Derby , such as St Christopher's Court. Close by to the north is the new Markeaton campus of the university. The road splits into east and west sections, passing St John
3465-412: The crossing of Sewstern Lane ( Viking Way ) next to the popular Muston Gap , passing through Sedgebrook . Belvoir Castle can be seen in the distance. The road climbs the steep Mill Hill near Barrowby , crosses the A1 and becomes Barrowby Road . The section of road from Radcliffe on Trent to Grantham was planned to become a dual-carriageway in the 1990s, but there are no plans at present. It meets
3542-417: The current A6520 Radcliffe Road . South of here it follows the former A614 as Clifton Boulevard . There is a junction for Abbey Street (A6005 – former A453) which was originally a much smaller temporary flyover, but was improved in June 1990 at a cost of £5.5 million, which is where the former A614 terminated. It crosses the Beeston Canal and Nottingham – Derby/ Loughborough railway line and follows
3619-406: The district of South Holland next to the Sloop Inn . It passes over the Sleaford-Spalding railway and at Donington there is a roundabout with the A152 (the former name of the A52 east of Grantham). It follows a 1-mile (1.6 km) bypass, which opened in the early 1990s, to the north becoming Bicker Road and there is a left turn for Northorpe . It enters the borough of Boston just before
3696-475: The east Lincolnshire coast at Mablethorpe . It is approximately 147 miles (237 km) long. According to the AA , Newcastle-under-Lyme to Derby takes 56 minutes, Derby to Boston takes 1 hour and 40 minutes (100 minutes), and Boston to Mablethorpe takes 1 hour and 2 minutes (62 minutes), taking 3 hours and 38 minutes (218 minutes) to travel the whole distance. The mainly dual-carriageway 12.5-mile (20.0 km) stretch between The Pentagon Island in Derby and
3773-431: The home of Batemans Brewery ) which is now bypassed, and meets the B1195, then crosses the Steeping River and over a level crossing. There is a left turn for Croft and it passes the Pine Trees Leisure Park. Entering Skegness as Wainfleet Road , it passes Skegness Retail Park with a Pizza Hut and Skegness Hospital. It meets the B1451 roundabout in the centre of Skegness near a Morrisons (former Safeway ) superstore and
3850-437: The junction just south of Stoke-on-Trent station forms part of Route 19 (the Midland Main Line and East Midlands). Major destinations served by 'through' (direct service) express trains include: to the south London Euston , Birmingham , Oxford , Reading , Southampton , Bristol and Bournemouth ; and to the north the shuttle service to Manchester Piccadilly . Destinations served by local and regional trains include: to
3927-515: The junction of Victoria Road and the High Street (A1104). Stoke-on-Trent railway station Stoke-on-Trent railway station is a mainline railway station serving the city of Stoke-on-Trent , on the Stafford to Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line . It also provides an interchange between local services running through Cheshire , Staffordshire and Derbyshire . The Victorian station buildings were opened on 9 October 1848. The other buildings located in Winton Square , including
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#17328025254094004-413: The junction with the B5032 at Mayfield close to the Queens Arms Hotel . The £3 million 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Ashbourne Relief Road opened in October 1994. There is a roundabout for the exit to Ashbourne and one with the A515. The road climbs up the side of the Dove Valley, and there is a central overtaking/crawler lane . The roundabout with the eastern exit to Ashbourne is near an old airfield which
4081-402: The left for Oasby . There is a right turn for Braceby , then just before a right turn for Haceby , the road enters North Kesteven . There are turnings for Dembleby and Newton and passes through Scott Willoughby . It meets the A15 at the Threekingham Bar roundabout near Osbournby becoming Holland Road , and passes through Threekingham and crosses Mareham Lane (a Roman road), with
4158-411: The left on Wollaton Vale road. To the left is Wollaton Park and nearby to the south is the University of Nottingham . The junction at the Queen's Medical Centre with the A6514 Middleton Boulevard was originally a roundabout, but became a GSJ, costing £3.7 million in late 1983. It then turns right and follows Clifton Boulevard (Ring Road) (after just under 2 miles crossing Clifton Bridge over
4235-454: The left, just before a level crossing with the railway near the railway station . There is a mini-roundabout with West Street to the left near The Eagle pub and it becomes Liquorpond Street . There is a retail park with a McDonald's on the right. There are some crossroads with King Street , then Marriotts Mazda garage on the left before a roundabout with the A16 Spalding Road (which it overlaps through Boston). Some residents want
4312-592: The left. There is a left turn for Scarrington , then it passes a HM Prison Whatton at Whatton-in-the Vale , near to where it crosses the River Smite . It passes the Vale of Belvoir hotel, and after Elton where it passes the Manor Arms , it enters Leicestershire , the district of Melton , and the Vale of Belvoir at the start of the Bottesford bypass, which opened in February 1989 with an extremely wide concrete £3 million (£9.43 million as of 2023), 3-mile (4.8 km) two-way road. It passes by Muston and enters Lincolnshire and South Kesteven at
4389-513: The main road, Station Road. Companies that provide services from the Station are First Potteries, D&G Buses and Arriva, serving Hanley, Stoke, and Newcastle town centres, and also Keele University. Most services connect at Hanley bus station with services covering most of North Staffordshire. In October 2020, Stoke on Trent City Council proposed a tram network. Stoke Station would connect to Hanley, with onward trams to Tunstall and Burslem. The university has expanded rapidly in recent years and
4466-408: The mid-1980s. The station is situated in Winton Square, which is described as Britain's only piece of major town planning undertaken by a railway company specifically to offset a station building. The station is a grade II* listed building, one of four listed buildings in the square—the North Stafford Hotel, directly opposite the station, is also grade II* listed while a statue of Josiah Wedgwood and
4543-433: The mothballed Stoke–Leek line . This would allow the town to be reconnected to the national rail network for the first time in 40 years, via Fenton Manor railway station , allowing for future metro services. The plan has received approval from the county council and is in the early construction phase of Leek (Churnet Valley) railway station and the connecting rail line. The original, now disused, goods yard lies behind
4620-508: The north Crewe and Macclesfield ; to the east Uttoxeter , Derby , Nottingham and Newark-on-Trent ; and to the south Stafford and Wolverhampton . There is now an hourly service from Crewe to Stafford calling at local stations, this formerly went to London Euston via Stone from December 2008. The Crewe-London service was modified following the change of franchise operator, and now runs direct between Stafford and Crewe, avoiding Stoke. The nearby Etruria railway station , one mile to
4697-431: The north, was closed to passengers in 2005. The small village stations of Wedgwood and Barlaston , a few miles to the south, are permanently served by a replacement bus service; the local stopping service to Stafford was withdrawn in 2003 when the line was temporarily closed for upgrading and was never reinstated afterwards. Freight trains on Mondays, carrying Cornish clay for use in Stoke's pottery industry, pass through
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#17328025254094774-410: The northbound platforms. There were various proposals for its use, including an "iconic" conference centre. However, in April 2007, Virgin Trains announced that 264 new car parking spaces would be made available at Stoke-on-Trent station by January 2009, adding to the two existing small car parks. A new access road, junction and traffic lights were constructed to serve the goods yard road entrance, when
4851-455: The platforms. A war memorial, with brass nameplates naming the employees of the North Staffordshire Railway who fell during World War I , discreetly flanks the entrance to platform 1. The station underwent restoration work in the 1990s, having fallen into disrepair. In May 2009, the main platform (platform 1) was lengthened to accommodate longer trains and the middle line was removed with platform 2 lengthened during 2011. On 14 September 2015,
4928-410: The popular 2014 FARMA award-winning Manor Farm Shop Best UK small farm shop it becomes Boston Road and the B1192 joins to the left at Kirton Holme. At the Poachers Hotel it becomes Swineshead Road . There are crossroads again with the B1192 (for Hubbert's Bridge to the left) at the Four Crossroads Inn at Baker's Bridge. Near Boston, you will not find a straighter or flatter road, as the road follows
5005-436: The remainder of the upper floor was designed as office space. Either side of the bay window is a terrace, which runs across the top of an arcade of Tuscan columns flanking seven arches, each of which contains a fanlight . Stoke-on-Trent station is managed by Avanti West Coast . It has three passenger platforms and, until recently, had one central through line without a platform, which has now been removed. The main entrance to
5082-400: The reproduction of which showed the British that they could at last surpass the achievements of the finest craftsmen of the Roman Empire . The statue stands in front of the North Stafford Hotel. Also directly opposite the station is the British Pottery Manufacturer's Federation Club ("The Potter's Club") which is a large private member's club situated in Federation House, and which is run for
5159-431: The right, the £25,000 (£788,150 as of 2023), dual-carriageway section from Holme House built in 1956 finishes at the start of the Radcliffe on Trent bypass as Grantham Road . There is the BP Pierrepont Filling Station just before the turn-off for Radcliffe on Trent. This stretch has SPECS cameras along it. Close by is the Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre . The road goes past Upper Saxondale , then meets
5236-413: The right. This section of road is known locally as The Ramper , a name from the turnpike era. From Grantham, which was the A52's original eastern end, the road continues as Bridge End Road passing the White Lion , then Somerby Hill eastwards, passing the Shell Somerby Hill Service Station on the left, rising up the valley of the River Witham to reach the ancient Ermine Street Roman road at
5313-405: The roundabout with the A34 and B5367. It is dual carriageway until the next roundabout, forming part of the Newcastle ring road, with the A527 and A53. It passes the leisure centre on the right, then veers right at a junction with the B5045 (which continues on the main road), where it enters the City of Stoke-on-Trent . As Hartshill Road , it passes the Royal Stoke University Hospital and enters
5390-427: The same day. Stoke-on-Trent railway station is currently served by five train operating companies . Stations below are where the service terminates and does not include through station frequencies. Northbound services are split between platform 2 for most northbound traffic and platform 3 for the Piccadilly shuttle : All eastbound services depart from platform 1 and are run exclusively by East Midlands Railway on
5467-413: The start of Sankt Augustin Way , the road passes an Asda on the left. It meets Dysart Road at traffic lights and turns left at a one way system onto Wharf Road , passing a large Morrisons store and Churchills pub, then turning right at traffic lights onto London Road , passing Sainsburys and the Reindeer Inn . The most sensible route around Grantham is to follow the A1 from Barrowby and take
5544-466: The station began its new development project. Platform 1 saw the introduction of automatic ticket barriers in December 2015, along with new Fast Ticket Machines. The historic entrance onto platform 2 following reconstruction work was re-opened in February 2016 with new automatic ticket barriers and Fast Ticket machines. Alongside this, a new retail space will open on platform 2. The Platform 2 waiting room
5621-502: The station is from Winton Square, opposite the North Stafford Hotel, into a large modern booking hall; it has an enquiry office, Fast Ticket machines, an HSBC cashpoint and level access to platform 1 from which southbound and eastbound trains normally depart. On this platform are the main buildings, refreshment room and bar which sells cigarettes, newspapers and a selection of magazines, free CCTV-covered cycle-locking racks,
5698-403: The station. These trains supply an industrial spur line at Cliffe Vale , just north of Stoke station. Freight trains on Fridays also take various freight wagons from Arpley Sidings outside Warrington , to Axiom Rail (Stoke Marcroft). They head here for general repairs, maintenance and sometimes conversions. The return up to Arpley Sidings Warrington with completed wagons happens normally on
5775-652: The town of Stoke-upon-Trent . It takes two possible routes around the town centre, meeting the A500 D Road . It goes under the West Coast Main Line near Stoke-on-Trent railway station and becomes Leek Road , passing one campus (Leek Road) of Staffordshire University . It meets the A50 at a roundabout at Joiner's Square near Hanley . It meets the A5008 and A5009 (for Leek ) at crossroads, where it turns right. There
5852-897: Was also refreshed and redeveloped, opening in January 2016. The station is located on both the Stafford–Manchester line and the Crewe–Derby line ; it is also served by trains between London Euston and Manchester Piccadilly via the Trent Valley line . Services are operated by Avanti West Coast , CrossCountry , East Midlands Railway , London Northwestern and Northern Trains . In April 2006, Network Rail organised its maintenance and train control operations into "26 Routes". The main line through Stoke-on-Trent forms part of Route 18 (the West Coast main line). The line from Derby to
5929-591: Was widened, with the west bridge, to dual-carriageway as the A614 as part of a 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 -mile (2.0 km) £3.2 million section, opening in 1972. This was the completion of the dual-carriageway Nottingham ring-road. It enters the borough of Rushcliffe where it crosses the former Great Central Main Line and meets the A60 (for Ruddington and the Nottingham South Premier Inn ), then
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