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Ex-LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 41202 with a Southbound train in October 1962 (Sellick Collection)
The same locomotive a year later in August 1963, this time running Northbound (Sellick Collection)
Next stations pre-closure
Towards Hartlebury and Kidderminster Towards Shrewsbury
Bridgnorth (4¼ miles) Coalport (2½ miles)

Linley Station was located 22½ miles from Hartlebury and 18¼ miles from Shrewsbury.

Construction

The Severn Valley Railway passes through the Apley Park estate, owned at the time of the line’s construction by Thomas C Whitmore. Although his property was located on the opposite bank of the River Severn, Whitmore opposed the Railway's construction as "utterly anihilating the privacy and seclusion of the said, mansion, house, park and grounds", to the extent that the route authorised by the original Severn Valley Railway Act of 1853 included running the line through tunnels under the estate. Negotiations to reduce the cost of the line resulted in a revised route not including tunnels, authorised in the second Severn Valley Railway Act of 1855.[1] To achieve this the Severn Valley Railway Company paid Whitmore £14,000 in compensation as well as £150 per acre for the land purchased, and in addition were required to provide a station at which at least two trains per day in each direction could be stopped on request. Linley Station, built to meet this condition, had no public access.[2]

After the Railway opened in 1862, Whitmore cut down a number of trees so that he could have a better view of passing trains. However he died on 13 March 1865, aged only 58.[1]

Traffic statistics

GWR Traffic statistics for Linley, selected years prior to 1939[3]
Passenger Traffic Freight Traffic
Year Tickets issued Parcels despatched Revenue (£) Tons received & despatched Revenue (£) Total revenue (£)
1903 5,280 1,506 403 159 71 474
1913 4,780 1,537 433 772 149 612
1923 4,569 836 462 212 51 513
1933 3,482 931 303 253 90 393
1938 3,750 722 263 454 201 464

Closure

Linley Station in 2007

The station had a goods siding which was closed on 10 September 1951, and the station was officially reduced to the status of a halt at the same time.[4]

Following closure of the line in 1963, the station was converted to a private house.

See also

The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Marshall (1989) pp. 31-36.
  2. Vanns (1998) p. 49.
  3. Nabarro (1971) p. 55.
  4. Marshall (1989) p. 107.