Editing Leek, Staffordshire (section)

== Transport ==
=== Buses ===
The town of Leek is served by [[First Potteries]]. There is a generally hourly service on route 18 to [[Hanley]] and 16 on an alternative route via Cellarhead. There are also bus services to the nearby towns of [[Buxton]] and [[Macclesfield]].

=== Railway ===
Leek no longer has its own national railway station; the nearest is now at [[Congleton railway station|Congleton]], for local stopping services to [[Manchester Piccadilly station|Manchester]], and [[Stoke-on-Trent railway station|Stoke-on-Trent]] for inter-city services to [[Euston railway station|London]] and Manchester.

The former [[Leek railway station]] was opened by the [[North Staffordshire Railway]] on 13 July 1849, but was finally closed in 1965. The [[Stoke–Leek line]] lost its passenger service in 1956, whilst the Northern section of the [[Churnet Valley line]] to Macclesfield was closed in 1960; the Southern section to [[Uttoxeter railway station|Uttoxeter]] closed in 1965. Leek railway station was completely demolished in 1973 and the site is now occupied by a [[Morrisons]] supermarket.

==== Heritage ====
The Churnet Valley line now operates as a heritage railway and is located to the south of the town; services run between [[Kingsley and Froghall railway station|Kingsley and Froghall]] and [[Ipstones railway station|Ipstones]].

Another {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km|round=0.5|abbr=off|adj=on}} section of the former trackbed is occupied by the [[Rudyard Lake Steam Railway]], a {{convert|10+1/4|in|mm|abbr=off|adj=mid|-gauge}} tourist line which runs beside [[Rudyard Lake]], to the north-west of Leek.

==== Future ====
Plans are afoot to build a [[Leek (Churnet Valley) railway station|new station]] roughly {{convert|1/2|mi|m|abbr=off}} south of the original, as part of bigger plans to develop the Barnfield area of Leek as a tourist attraction.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/21-million-plans-housing-marina-railway-station/story-22916285-detail/story.html |title=£21 million plans for housing, a marina and railway station in Leek &#124; Stoke Sentinel |access-date=27 January 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402231215/http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/21-million-plans-housing-marina-railway-station/story-22916285-detail/story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The re-introduction of a railway service is being directed under the ''Reconnect Leek'' banner,<ref name="mcrailways.co.uk"/> and forms part of proposals to reopen the Stoke–Leek line, which survived as a goods-only line to serve the former sand quarry at [[Oakamoor]].