Condover railway station

Condover railway station was located in the village of Condover, Shropshire.[2]

Condover
Location
PlaceCondover
AreaShropshire
Coordinates52.6536°N 2.7651°W / 52.6536; -2.7651
Grid referenceSJ482065
Operations
Original companyShrewsbury and Hereford Railway[1]
Pre-groupingShrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Post-groupingShrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Platforms2
History
20 April 1852Opened[1]
9 June 1958Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Originally built by the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, the station closed a few years before the Beeching Axe, but its line, the Welsh Marches Line, is still operational.

References

  1. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  2. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=10216#unit_desc

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Shrewsbury to Ludlow. Middleton Press. figs. 24-25. ISBN 9781906008215. OCLC 520487698.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Shrewsbury
Line and station open
  LNWR and GWR joint
Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
  Dorrington
Line open, station closed


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.