Cressage railway station was a railway station on the Severn Valley Railway. It opened on 1 February 1862[1] with a single platform and a siding. By 1898 it had acquired an additional platform along with a signal box and the sidings had been expanded.
Cressage | |
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![]() Remains of the station in 1983 | |
General information | |
Location | Cressage, Shropshire England |
Coordinates | 52.6357°N 2.6056°W / 52.6357; -2.6056 |
Grid reference | SJ590044 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | West Midland Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1 February 1862 (1862-02-01) | Opened |
1898 | Additional platform added |
9 September 1963 (1963-09-09) | Closed |
The station was listed in the Beeching Report as a "passenger station already under consideration for closure before the formulation of the report".[2] It closed on 9 September 1963,[1]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Cound Halt Line and station closed |
Great Western Railway Severn Valley Railway |
Buildwas Line and station closed |
Closed railway stations in Shropshire | |
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Bishops Castle Railway |
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Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway |
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Coalport branch line |
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Minsterley branch line |
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Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway |
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Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway | |
Oswestry and Newtown Railway |
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Severn Valley Railway | |
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway |
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Shrewsbury and Chester Railway |
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Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway |
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Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway |
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Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway |
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Shropshire Union Railways |
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Tanat Valley Light Railway |
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Tenbury and Bewdley Railway | |
Wellington and Drayton Railway |
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Wellington and Severn Junction Railway |
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Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway |
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Other |
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