Condover railway station
Condover | |
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![]() Location of Condover railway station | |
Location | Condover, Shropshire England |
Coordinates | 52°39′13″N 2°45′54″W / 52.6536°N 2.7651°WCoordinates: 52°39′13″N 2°45′54″W / 52.6536°N 2.7651°W |
Grid reference | SJ482065 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway[1] |
Pre-grouping | Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway |
Post-grouping | Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway |
Key dates | |
20 April 1852 | Opened[1] |
9 June 1958 | Closed |
Condover railway station was located in the village of Condover, Shropshire.[2]
Originally built by the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, the station closed a few years before the Beeching Axe, but its line, the Welsh Marches Line, is still operational.
The station building is now a cattery and kennels.
References[]
- ^ a b Butt, R. V. J. (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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- ^ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=10216#unit_desc
Further reading[]
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Shrewsbury to Ludlow. Middleton Press. figs. 24-25. ISBN 9781906008215. OCLC 520487698.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Shrewsbury Line and station open |
LNWR and GWR joint Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway |
Dorrington Line open, station closed |
Categories:
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1852
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1958
- Disused railway stations in Shropshire
- 1852 establishments in England
- Former Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway stations
- Shropshire building and structure stubs
- West Midlands (region) railway station stubs