Ironbridge and Broseley

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An Eastbound passenger train calls at Iron Bridge and Broseley in August 1961
An aerial view of Ironbridge in 1934, looking West. The station is visible on the left near the famous Iron Bridge, and the Albert Edward Bridge can just be seen at the top. Image from Britain from Above
Next stations pre-closure
Towards Hartlebury and Kidderminster Towards Shrewsbury
Coalport (2 miles)
via Jackfield Halt (from 1934)
Buildwas (1½ miles)

Ironbridge and Broseley, re-named "Iron Bridge and Broseley" in 1895 and often abbreviated to simply "Ironbridge", was a station situated 27 miles from Hartlebury and 13¾ miles from Shrewsbury. The station was built on the west bank of the Severn, immediately south of Abraham Darby’s bridge after which the town was named. The station was probably used more by the people of Broseley, situated about ½ mile away on the same side of the river, and the site of tile and clay pipe making industries. Ironbridge town itself is on the north bank, and crossing the bridge required payment of a toll until 1950, a fact that undoubtedly discouraged passengers from Ironbridge using the station. Nearby Coalbrookdale, also on the north bank, had its own station on the Wellington-Much Wenlock line.

At opening on 1 February 1862, the station was the second of five crossing points south of Shrewsbury (Buildwas being the first and Bridgnorth the next). In 1895, Coalport became a crossing point, and in 1956 the signalbox at Ironbridge closed, ending its use as a crossing point.

The station closed along with the Severn Valley Line in 1963, and the site today has become a pay and display car park for Ironbridge visitors, with few traces of the station remaining.

Sources

The Severn Valley Railway, John Marshall
Severn Valley Railway, A View from the Past, MA Vanns

See also

The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership
Pre-1965 Map