Rednal and West Felton railway station

Rednal & West Felton
General information
Location	Rednal & West Felton, Shropshire England
Coordinates	52°50′29″N2°57′39″W / 52.8413°N 2.9607°W / 52.8413; -2.9607
Grid reference	SJ352275
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1848	Station opens as Rednal
16 Oct 1907	Re-named Rednal & West Felton
12 Sep 1960	Closed to passengers
7 Oct 1963	Closed to goods [1]
Location

Rednal & West Felton railway station was a minor station on the GWR's Paddington to Birkenhead main line. Today, this is part of the Shrewsbury to Chester line. The distinctive red brick station building (now a private house) can still be seen on the west side of the line.

History

Express trains did not call at Rednal & West Felton, only local services.

Fatal railway accident at Rednal, 1865

On 7 June 1865, it was the site of a rail crash which killed 13 and injured 30. The driver of a heavy excursion train from Birkenhead to Shrewsbury failed to see a warning flag for track maintenance approaching the station and derailed. ^[2]

Main article: Rednal rail crash

According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H & C and there was a three-ton crane. ^[3]

References

1. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN   0-905466-19-5
2. Red for Danger by L.T.C. Rolt publ 1955, page 126-7
3. 1956, Official Handbook of Stations , British Transport Commission

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Haughton Halt		Great Western Railway Shrewsbury to Chester Line		Whittington Low Level

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Shrewsbury to Chester. Middleton Press. figs. 21-23. ISBN   9781906008703. OCLC   495274299.

External links

• Rednal & West Felton station on navigable 1946 O.S. map