Spring Village railway station

Spring Village
Station on heritage railway
Class 104 Diesel Multiple Unit Motor Brake No. 50479 at Spring Village station
General information
Location	Horsehay, Telford and Wrekin England
Coordinates	52°39′46″N2°28′57″W / 52.6628°N 2.4826°W / 52.6628; -2.4826
Grid reference	SJ674073
Managed by	Telford Steam Railway
Platforms	1
Key dates
May 1859	Horsehay and Dawley station opened on the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway [1]
1962	Horsehay and Dawley and line between Wellington and Lightmoor Junction closed
1976	Telford Steam Railway is formed
1984	Spring Village opens

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Legend
to Wellington Lawley Village Heath Hill tunnel 59 yd 54 m summit of W&SJR Spring Village Horsehay and Dawley Cheshire Cheese Bridge Doseley Halt Holly Road Lightmoor Road A4169 road Wolverhampton–Shrewsbury line to Madeley Junction Lightmoor Junction Brick Kiln Bank Coalbrookdale Viaduct Coalbrookdale Albert Edward Bridge over River Severn Severn Valley route to Bridgnorth Ironbridge Power Station Buildwas Severn Valley route to Shrewsbury to Craven Arms

Spring Village is a heritage railway station ^[2] on the Telford Steam Railway in the village of Horsehay and the town of Dawley in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England. ^[3] It has multiple rolling stock sidings for the Telford Steam Railway, station buildings with a single platform with a passenger shelter and a crossing into an engine shed on Pool Side. Work began on the station in 1976 and it was officially opened to the public a decade later in 1984. ^{[4] [ failed verification ]} The station is adjacent to Horsehay and Dawley station. ^[5]

The station is the official starting point of the Telford Steam Railway due to it being where the stock of the heritage railway is stored and maintained. The site occupies part of a former siding to a nearby ironworks on the former Wellington to Craven Arms Railway. It is hoped that the line can be extended from Lawley to the site of Ironbridge power station. This would see new stations opened at Doseley, ^[6] Lightmoor, ^[7] Coalbrookdale ^[8] and close to Buildwas for Ironbridge ^[9] which includes proposals for a park and ride with passenger services between Ironbridge and Birmingham New Street. ^[10]

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Terminus		Telford Steam Railway		Lawley Village

References

1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 242
2. "Our Stations". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
3. "Telford Steam Railway - Lawley is open for business". RMweb. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
4. Hardiman, Deborah (11 October 2018). "Telford Steam Railway consults on Ironbridge Power Station site plan". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
5. Farnworth, Roger (7 July 2022). "The Railways of Telford – the Wellington to Severn Junction Railway (W&SJR) – Part 1 – Wellington to Horsehay". Roger Farnworth. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
6. "Phase Two - Doseley Halt". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
7. "Phase Three - Lightmoor". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
8. "Home". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
9. "Home". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
10. Growcott, Matthew (25 June 2018). "Call to reopen Ironbridge to Birmingham railway line". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 19 December 2024.