 Finally in 1910 , a very short line was built from Stoke @-@ on @-@ Trent to Trentham Park . It was authorised as part of an alternative line to Newcastle @-@ under @-@ Lyme but construction work beyond Trentham was quickly abandoned owing to rising costs . The same act of parliament also transferred the Cheadle Railway to the NSR . The Cheadle Railway was a small local company constructed with NSR 's backing , built at great cost over a period of twelve years . It was a short line from Cresswell to Cheadle , this line , only four miles long , included a very difficult tunnel . The line was opened from Cresswell to Totmonslow 7 November 1892 and to Cheadle , 1 January 1901 . 
