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[[File:Cressage station former geograph-3116234-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg |thumb|200px|right| Former Cressage station, 1983 Ben Brooksbank via Wikimedia Commons)]] | [[File:Cressage station former geograph-3116234-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg |thumb|200px|right| Former Cressage station, 1983 Ben Brooksbank via Wikimedia Commons)]] | ||
| − | Cressage was a station on the original Severn Valley line, 32 miles | + | Cressage was a station on the original Severn Valley line, 32½ miles from [[Hartlebury]] and 8¼ miles from Shrewsbury. When the line opened in 1862 it had a single platform and a siding, but by 1893/94 it had acquired an additional platform with a passing loop and signal box<ref>Severn Valley Railway, A View From the Past, M A Vanns</ref>. |
The station closed on 9 September 1963, when passenger services between [[Bewdley]] and [[Shrewsbury]] were suspended. The former station master’s house is now a private residence. | The station closed on 9 September 1963, when passenger services between [[Bewdley]] and [[Shrewsbury]] were suspended. The former station master’s house is now a private residence. | ||
Revision as of 21:37, 16 June 2015
Cressage was a station on the original Severn Valley line, 32½ miles from Hartlebury and 8¼ miles from Shrewsbury. When the line opened in 1862 it had a single platform and a siding, but by 1893/94 it had acquired an additional platform with a passing loop and signal box[1].
The station closed on 9 September 1963, when passenger services between Bewdley and Shrewsbury were suspended. The former station master’s house is now a private residence.
Ex-GWRGreat Western Railway 5153 passes Cressage with an up goods in March 1963 (Sellick Collection)
References
- ↑ Severn Valley Railway, A View From the Past, M A Vanns
