Walcot railway station

Walcot
General information
Location	Walcot, Shropshire England
Coordinates	52°42′12″N2°36′08″W / 52.7032°N 2.6021°W / 52.7032; -2.6021
Grid reference	SJ594118
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Shrewsbury and Wellington Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	LNWR and GWR joint
Post-grouping	LMS and GWR joint
Key dates
1 June 1849	Opened [1]
7 September 1964	Closed [1]
Location

Walcot railway station was a station in Walcot, Shropshire, England. The station was sited on the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury line west of Wellington (Shropshire) and opened on 1 June 1849. It closed on 7 September 1964, ^[2] along with the other intermediate stations on this stretch of line. The station was demolished after closure and no trace now remains.

References

1. "Station Name: Walcot". Disused Stations. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 438. OCLC   931112387.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 105-106. ISBN   9781906008444. OCLC   286385795.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Upton Magna Line open, station closed		LNWR and GWR joint Shrewsbury and Wellington Joint Railway		Admaston Line open, station closed