Woofferton railway station

Woofferton
Woofferton station (disused). The junction was just beyond the station, to the right
General information
Location	Woofferton, Shropshire England
Coordinates	52°18′40″N2°42′49″W / 52.3111°N 2.7136°W / 52.3111; -2.7136
Grid reference	SO514683
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Pre-grouping	Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Post-grouping	Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Key dates
6 December 1853 (1853-12-06)	Station opened
31 July 1961 (1961-07-31)	Station closed

Woofferton was a railway station and junction near Woofferton, Shropshire, England. It was where the Tenbury Railway joined the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (S&HR).

History

A Railway Clearing House junction diagram of 1903; Woofferton Junction is to the bottom left

The station opened on 6 December 1853, as part of the southern extension of the S&HR from Ludlow to Hereford. It became a junction station in August 1861, when the Tenbury Railway (operated by the S&HR) opened a five-mile branch line. to Tenbury, operated by the GWR. ^{[1] [2]} Then on 13th August 1864, the Great Western Railway-operated Tenbury and Bewdley Railway opened, completing the Wyre Forest Line to Bewdley. In 1889, a bay platform, known as the Back Platform, was added to serve the Wyre Forest Line; this was accessed via two diamond crossings in the main lines and continued in use until being removed in 1957. ^[3]

The station closed on 31st July 1961, ^[4] the same date as the closure of the former Tenbury Railway. The platforms were subsequently demolished although some buildings remain.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Berrington and Eye Line open, station closed		Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Welsh Marches Line		Ashford Bowdler Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Terminus		Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Tenbury Railway		Easton Court Line and station closed

The site today

The line through the station, the Welsh Marches Line, remains in use.

References

1. "bewdley to woofferton". www.shropshirerailways.photo-bikes.com. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
2. "Herefordshire Through Time - Welcome". htt.herefordshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
3. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Cleobury Mortimer. Middleton Press. figs. 2-3. ISBN   9781906008185. OCLC   176923876.
4. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 255. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Cleobury Mortimer. Middleton Press. figs. 10-11. ISBN   9781906008185. OCLC   176923876.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Ludlow to Hereford. Middleton Press. figs. 8-18. ISBN   9781906008147. OCLC   258060509.