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The station closed to passengers from 9 September 1963. The signal box was closed on 2 December 1963 after through freight services ended.  The station building, waiting rooms, platforms and ticket office remain. The station building is now a private house, with [https://www.coalportstation.com/ Coalport Station Holidays] offering holiday accommodation from 2003 onwards in two BR Mk 1 Corridor Second converted camping coaches nos W26014 (built 1962, moved to site in 2007) and W25778 (built 1961). In May 2017 it was offered for sale at a price of £950,000.<ref>[http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-66631712.html Rightmove.co.uk] retrieved 1 August 2017</ref>
==Coalport passing loop operating instructions==
The [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership# Timetable extracts | BR(W) Working Timetables]] for 1948 and 1959 include the following operating instruction specific to Coalport: ''When a Freight Train is standing in either of the sidings on the Up Side at Coalport, waiting for a train to pass, the Guard must divide his train to provide space for the Signalman to pass through for the purpose of exchanging train staffs with the passing train''.<br> 
In 1960 the loop capacity was 27 wagons, plus engine and brake van.<ref>Sectional Appendix to the Working Time Tables and Books of Rules and Regulations, Birmingham Traffic District, October 1960</ref>
 
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