Marshbrook | |
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![]() The site of the station in 2012 | |
General information | |
Location | Marshbrook, Shropshire England |
Coordinates | 52°30′11″N2°49′23″W / 52.5030°N 2.8231°W |
Grid reference | SO442897 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway |
Pre-grouping | LNWR and GWR joint |
Post-grouping | LMS and GWR joint |
Key dates | |
21 April 1852 | Opened [1] |
9 June 1958 | Closed [1] |
Marshbrook railway station was a station in Marshbrook, Shropshire, England. The station was opened in 1852 and closed in 1958. [1] [2]
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.
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]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Little Stretton Halt Line open, station closed | LNWR and GWR joint Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway | Wistanstow Halt Line open, station closed |