Cressage railway station

Cressage railway station was a railway station on the Severn Valley line. It opened on 1 February 1862[1] with a single platform and a siding. By 1898 it had acquired an additional platform along with a signal box and the sidings had been expanded.

Cressage
Remains of the station in 1983
Location
Place	Cressage
Area	Shropshire
Coordinates	52.6357°N 2.6056°W / 52.6357; -2.6056
Grid reference	SJ590044
Operations
Original company	West Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 February 1862 (1862-02-01)	Opened
1898	Additional platform added
9 September 1963 (1963-09-09)	Closed
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

The station was listed in the Beeching Report as a "passenger station already under consideration for closure before the formulation of the report".[2] It closed on 9 September 1963,[1]

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 71. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. Beeching, Richard (27 March 1963). The Reshaping of British Railways Part 1: Report. London: HMSO. p. 131. Retrieved 7 December 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Kidderminster to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 102-105. ISBN 9781906008109. OCLC 154801530.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Cound Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Severn Valley Railway		Buildwas Line and station closed