Coalbrookdale railway station
| Coalbrookdale | |
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view from along the track (1983) | |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| History | |
| 1 November 1864 | Opened |
| 23 July 1962 | Closed |
| 27 May 1979 | reopened and renamed Telford (Coalbrookdale) |
| 3 September 1979 | closed |
| 24 July1988 | reopened and renamed Ironbridge Gorge[1] |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Coalbrookdale railway station is a disused station at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, England. The station survives situated on the freight-only line between Buildwas Junction and Lightmoor Junction. The station buildings are now used by the Green Wood Centre.[2]
Coalbrookdale railway station in July 2009
The Telford Steam Railway has aspirations to take possession of the up track passing through the station as part of its southern extension.
The station building at Longville (another station on the Wenlock, Craven Arms and Lightmoor Extension railway) was a similar but reduced version of that at Coalbookdale.
Coalbrookdale railway station is a waypoint on the South Telford Heritage Trail.
References
- ↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- ↑ Green Wood Centre, Coalbrookdale
Coordinates: 52°38′02″N 2°29′36″W / 52.63395°N 2.49341°W
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