Walcot railway station

Former railway station in Shropshire, England

52°42′12″N 2°36′08″W / 52.7032°N 2.6021°W / 52.7032; -2.6021Grid referenceSJ594118Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyShrewsbury and Wellington Joint RailwayPre-groupingLNWR and GWR jointPost-groupingLMS and GWR jointKey dates1 June 1849Opened[1]7 September 1964Closed[1]

Walcot railway station was a station in Walcot, Shropshire, England. The station was sited on the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury line west of Wellington (Shropshire) and opened on 1 June 1849. It closed on 7 September 1964,[2] along with the other intermediate stations on this stretch of line. The station was demolished after closure and no trace now remains.

References

  1. ^ a b "Station Name: Walcot". Disused Stations. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 438. OCLC 931112387.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 105-106. ISBN 9781906008444. OCLC 286385795.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Upton Magna
Line open, station closed 		  LNWR and GWR joint
Shrewsbury and Wellington Joint Railway 		  Admaston
Line open, station closed
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