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[[File:Linley-41202-1962-10-17.jpg|200px|thumb|Ex-LMS 41202 with a Southbound train in October 1962 ([[Sellick Collection]])]] | [[File:Linley-41202-1962-10-17.jpg|200px|thumb|Ex-LMS 41202 with a Southbound train in October 1962 ([[Sellick Collection]])]] | ||
[[File:Linley-41202-1963-08-31.jpg|200px|thumb|The same locomotive a year later in August 1963, this time running Northbound ([[Sellick Collection]])]] | [[File:Linley-41202-1963-08-31.jpg|200px|thumb|The same locomotive a year later in August 1963, this time running Northbound ([[Sellick Collection]])]] | ||
+ | [[File:Linley Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 548773.jpg|200px|thumb|Linley Station in 2007]] | ||
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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. | ||
− | Following closure of the line in 1962, the station was | + | Following closure of the line in 1962, the station was converted to a private house. |
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Revision as of 09:48, 23 November 2015
Towards Hartlebury and Kidderminster | Towards Shrewsbury |
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Bridgnorth (4¼ miles) | Coalport (2½ miles) |
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 converted to a private house.
Sources
The Severn Valley Railway, John Marshall
Severn Valley Railway, A View from the Past, MA Vanns