Cressage railway station

Cressage
Remains of the station in 1983
General information
Location	Cressage, Shropshire England
Coordinates	52°38′09″N2°36′20″W / 52.6357°N 2.6056°W / 52.6357; -2.6056
Grid reference	SJ590044
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	West Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 February 1862 (1862-02-01)	Opened
1898	Additional platform added
9 September 1963 (1963-09-09)	Closed
Location

Cressage railway station was a stop on the Severn Valley Railway; it served the village of Cressage in Shropshire, England.

History

The station opened on 1 February 1862, with a single platform and a siding. ^[1] By 1898, it had acquired an additional platform along with a signal box; the sidings had been expanded.

The station was listed in the Beeching Report as a "passenger station already under consideration for closure before the formulation of the report." ^[2] It closed on 9 September 1963. ^[1]

The site today

The station building is now a private residence and has been extended.

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 71. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. Beeching, Richard (27 March 1963). The Reshaping of British Railways Part 1: Report. London: HMSO. p. 131. Retrieved 7 December 2009.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Kidderminster to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 102-105. ISBN   9781906008109. OCLC   154801530.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Cound Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Severn Valley Railway		Buildwas Line and station closed