Marshbrook railway station

Marshbrook
The site of the station in 2012
General information
LocationMarshbrook, Shropshire
England
Coordinates52°30′11″N 2°49′23″W / 52.5030°N 2.8231°W / 52.5030; -2.8231
Grid referenceSO442897
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyShrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Pre-groupingLNWR and GWR joint
Post-groupingLMS and GWR joint
Key dates
21 April 1852Opened[1]
9 June 1958Closed[1]

Marshbrook railway station was a station in Marshbrook, Shropshire, England. The station was opened in 1852 and closed in 1958.[1][2]

History

Marshbrook station was constructed in 1852 for the railway company comprising a stationmaster's house, waiting room and ticket office. The station was closed in 1958[1][2] and the building was subsequently used as a private house, before it was demolished in 2019. A signal box and level crossing remain.

Signal box

Marshbrook Signal Box is the oldest operational signal box of its type surviving on the national railway network and was built by the London & North Western Railway in 1872. It was made a Grade II listed building in 2013, in order to save it from the planned removal of mechanical signalling on the line.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Stations". Shropshire History. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 289. OCLC 931112387.
  3. ^ BBC News

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Shrewsbury to Ludlow. Middleton Press. figs. 41–45. ISBN 9781906008215. OCLC 520487698.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Little Stretton Halt
Line open, station closed 		  LNWR and GWR joint
Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway 		  Wistanstow Halt
Line open, station closed


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