Ironbridge and Broseley railway station

Ironbridge and Broseley
Ironbridge and Broseley railway station in 1963
Location
Place	Ironbridge
Area	Telford and Wrekin
Coordinates	52°37′37″N 2°29′05″W / 52.6270°N 2.4847°W / 52.6270; -2.4847Coordinates: 52°37′37″N 2°29′05″W / 52.6270°N 2.4847°W / 52.6270; -2.4847
Grid reference	SJ672033
Operations
Original company	Severn Valley Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	3
History
1 February 1862 (1862-02-01)	Station opened as Ironbridge and Broseley
9 November 1895	Renamed Iron Bridge and Broseley
9 September 1963 (1963-09-09)	Station closed
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Ironbridge and Broseley railway station was a railway station with two through platforms on the Severn Valley Railway Line in Shropshire, England.

The station was on a section of the Severn Valley Line north of Bridgnorth and was demolished in 1966 to provide car parking space within the Severn Gorge. Until its closure on 25 November 1956, the signal box controlled railway traffic around the station and the level crossing that lead to the Iron Bridge.

Photographs of the station running-in board show the station name as "IRON-BRIDGE & BROSELEY" (with hyphen). The cast iron nameplate on the signal box read "IRON BRIDGE & BROSELEY SIGNAL BOX" (Iron and Bridge being separate words without hyphen). Although thought by some people to have been closed as part of the Beeching axe in 1963 its planned closure pre-dated his report.

Prior to its closure rationalisation took place in the form of closure of the signal box, removal of the upper portion and relocation of the token instruments into to the Station Master's office in the main station building.

Virtually all traces of the station platforms, station building and goods shed have been swept away. A "pay and display" car park now occupies the site. There is also little or no trace of the signal box, there now being an electricity supply transformer at its former position.

Surviving Artifacts

The astute observer can find those few traces of the site's former railway use. Two cast iron GWR ball top gate posts and one level crossing gate post survive along with rails in the roadway approaching the Ironbridge toll house. On the opposite side of the road an abutment of the footbridge visible in the accompanying photograph remains.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Kidderminster to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 90-94. ISBN 9781906008109. OCLC 154801530.