Bucknell railway station

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28+1⁄4 miles (45.5 km) south west of Shrewsbury on the Heart of Wales Line.

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This railway station is located at street level, adjacent to the level crossing and parallel with Weston Road near the centre of the village. All trains serving the station are operated by Transport for Wales.

The station has two platforms, although currently only the one adjacent to the original station building (now a private house and holiday cottage, which has been Grade-II listed since 1987 [1] ) is operational, the other track having been taken out of use in 1965 and subsequently dismantled.

History

Bucknell station c.1910 Bucknell station the sqs sic (1293568).jpg
Bucknell station c.1910
The station in 1963 Bucknell railway station 1934493 06aafb22.jpg
The station in 1963

The station and line was constructed by the Knighton Railway and opened in 1861. Further construction and route openings in 1865 and 1868 subsequently put the station on a through route between Shrewsbury and Swansea.

Bucknell station quickly became the rail outlet for a wide area, stimulating a growth in the village itself.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has the same range of amenities as others on the route i.e. CIS display screen, customer help point, waiting shelter and timetable information board. [2]

Services

There are five passenger trains a day southbound and six northbound (five on Saturdays), running between Shrewsbury and Swansea from Monday to Saturday, and two services on Sundays. [3] As of October 2018, trains serving the station are operated by Transport for Wales.

The station is a request stop for trains running from Shrewsbury to Swansea. Those wishing to alight or board the train here must alert the driver/conductor of the train. However, passenger trains running from Swansea to Shrewsbury stop here mandatorily, as the train has to stop before the level crossing. For trains from the Swansea direction, the level crossing is activated by the traincrew using a cabinet on the platform. From 1977 to 2014, the level crossing was ungated, but following a number of near-misses (such as 12 recorded incidents in 2011 [4] ), half-barriers were installed in spring 2014, and fully commissioned on 28/29 April 2014. [5]

Bucknell
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General information
Location Bucknell, Shropshire Council
England
Coordinates 52°21′26″N2°56′53″W / 52.3573°N 2.948°W / 52.3573; -2.948
Grid reference SO355736
Managed by Transport for Wales
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeBUK
Classification DfT category F2
History
Opened1861
Passengers
2018/19Decrease2.svg 3,758
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Knighton   Transport for Wales
Heart of Wales Line 		  Hopton Heath

Bus service

Local bus services (the Minsterley Motors 738 & 740) call at the station, which travel between Ludlow and Knighton and call at the nearby villages of Bedstone, Brampton Bryan and Leintwardine. Currently 4 buses per day (in each direction) call at Bucknell. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Bucknell Railway Station Archived 17 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine British Listed Buildings; Retrieved 26 July 2017
  2. ↑ Bucknell station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  3. ↑ Table 130 National Rail timetable, December 2022
  4. ↑ "NetworkRail_New - News Releases - MOTORING MADNESS AT LEVEL CROSSINGS IN SHROPSHIRE CONTINUES". Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bucknell Station History". Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  6. ↑ Arriva Archived 1 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine 738, 740

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