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Linley Station was located 22½ miles from Hartlebury and 18¼ miles from Shrewsbury.  The Severn Valley Railway passes through the Apley Park estate, owned at the time of the line’s construction by Thomas C Whitmore.  Whitmore opposed the construction, and one of his conditions to which the Severn Valley Railway Company had to accede was the provision of 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.  
 
Linley Station was located 22½ miles from Hartlebury and 18¼ miles from Shrewsbury.  The Severn Valley Railway passes through the Apley Park estate, owned at the time of the line’s construction by Thomas C Whitmore.  Whitmore opposed the construction, and one of his conditions to which the Severn Valley Railway Company had to accede was the provision of 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.  
  

Revision as of 19:02, 17 June 2015

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)

Linley Station was located 22½ miles from Hartlebury and 18¼ miles from Shrewsbury. The Severn Valley Railway passes through the Apley Park estate, owned at the time of the line’s construction by Thomas C Whitmore. Whitmore opposed the construction, and one of his conditions to which the Severn Valley Railway Company had to accede was the provision of 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.

Following closure of the line in 1962, the station was demolished.

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