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| name = Westbury (Salop) |
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| status = Disused |
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| borough = [[Westbury, Shropshire|Westbury]], [[Shropshire]] |
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| country = United Kingdom |
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| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SJ346109|25|SJ346109}} |
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| years = 1861 |
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Revision as of 07:23, 16 November 2020
Westbury (Salop) | |
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General information | |
Location | Westbury, Shropshire United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 52°41′33″N 2°58′06″W / 52.6925°N 2.9684°W |
Grid reference | SJ346109 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway |
Pre-grouping | LNWR and GWR joint |
Post-grouping | LMS and GWR joint |
Key dates | |
1861 | Opened[1] |
1960 | Closed[1] |
Westbury railway station was a station in Westbury, Shropshire, England. The station was opened in 1861 by the Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway company, later coming under the joint control of the Great Western Railway and the London and North Western Railway. It closed (along with all the other intermediate stations) on 12 September 1960,[1] though it retained its passing loop and signal box until 1988, when the modernisation scheme for the line saw Radio Electronic Token Block signalling commissioned, all remaining manual signal boxes closed and control pass to the signalling centre at Machynlleth. Just a year earlier, the loop was the site of a head-on collision between two passenger trains after one passed a signal at danger. One of the two Class 150 Diesel Multiple Units involved was derailed and 37 people were injured.[2]
The former main building survives here in private occupation, along with the now automatic level crossing over the B4387 road.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Stations". Shropshire History. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ Railway Accidents - Shropshire History Shropshire History website article; Retrieved 1 August 2017
- ^ "Points of Interest Shrewsbury-Machynlleth" Visit Mid-Wales website article; Retrieved 1 August 2017
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Shrewsbury to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 51-56. ISBN 9781906008291. OCLC 228374968.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Plas-y-Court Halt Line open, station closed |
LNWR and GWR joint Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway |
Yockleton Line open, station closed |