Coalport West | |
|---|---|
 Coalport West station site in 2018 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Coalport, Shropshire England |
| Coordinates | 52°36′54″N 2°26′35″W / 52.6150198°N 2.4430602°W |
| Grid reference | SJ701019 |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Severn Valley Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 February 1862 | Opened as Coalport |
| ? | Renamed Coalport West |
| 9 September 1963 | Closed |
The GWR Coalport railway station, active 1862–1963, was originally built as a single through platform railway station on the Severn Valley Line serving the village of Coalport in Shropshire, England. By January 1896 an additional platform had been added, thus permitting up and down trains to pass along, with a third platform face behind the up platform to form an east-facing bay. By this time, the goods sidings to the east of the station had been expanded.[1]
"The Directory of Railway Stations" refers to the GWR station being renamed "Coalport West" by British Railways.[2] However use of the name "Coalport" continued in Engineer's Line References,[3] BR Working Timetables,[4] and on the platform running in boards.[5] The 1963 BR notice of closure of the line also referred to the station only as Coalport.[6]
The station closed on 9 September 1963 as part of the planned closure of the northern end of the Severn Valley Line which pre-dated the Beeching report.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Severn Valley Railway. Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. p. 108. ISBN 0-946537-45-3.
- ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ^ railwaycodes.org.uk
- ^ BR Working Timetable
- ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Country Railway Routes, Kidderminster to Shrewsbury. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-10-9.
- ^ BR notice of closure of the line