Shrewsbury Abbey railway station

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Shrewsbury Abbey
The station building in April 2024 following restoration
General information
Location	Shrewsbury, Shropshire England
Coordinates	52°42′25″N 2°44′37″W / 52.7069°N 2.7435°W / 52.7069; -2.7435
Grid reference	SJ498123
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway
Post-grouping	Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway
Key dates
13 August 1866 (1866-08-13)	Station opened
21 December 1866	Closed
December 1868	Reopened
22 June 1880	Closed
14 April 1911	Reopened by S&MR
6 November 1933	Closed for public services
1941	Reopened (for restricted service) by War Department
29 February 1960	Closed completely

Shrewsbury Abbey was a railway station in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England part of the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway. It was named after the nearby Shrewsbury Abbey. The station had an adjacent goods yard and wagon building works.

Shrewsbury Abbey was originally planned to be just one station on a railway from Llanymynech to Market Drayton but when financial problems halted the project, it became the permanent terminus. However it was never connected to Shrewsbury Station. All passenger services would have to change here. This was because access to the mainline station was rejected on financial grounds and the obstruction of Shrewsbury station's joint operators, the Great Western Railway (GWR) and the London and North Western Railway.