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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