Blodwell Junction railway station

Blodwell Junction
Blodwell Junction station in 1962
Location
Place	Llanyblodwel
Area	Shropshire
Coordinates	52°48′02″N 3°06′40″W / 52.8006°N 3.1111°W / 52.8006; -3.1111Coordinates: 52°48′02″N 3°06′40″W / 52.8006°N 3.1111°W / 52.8006; -3.1111
Grid reference	SJ250231
Operations
Original company	Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
18 April 1870	Opened as Llanyblodwel[1]
5 January 1904	Renamed Blodwell Junction[1]
15 January 1951	Closed to passengers[1]
6 January 1964	Closed to goods trains[1]
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Blodwell Junction railway station was a station in Llanyblodwel, Shropshire, England. The station opened on 18 April 1870 as Llanyblodwel before being renamed in 1904.^[1] The station closed to passengers on 15 January 1951 and closed completely on 6 January 1964.^[1] There is no trace of the station today.

Present day

The tracks remained in use to serve Nantmawr Quarry until 1984 when the entire line was closed by British Rail and the line was left in situ from Blodwell Junction to near Oswestry. The line has since been cleared and is now under the co-ownership of both the Cambrian Heritage Railway and the recently-reformed Tanat Valley Light Railway.

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Branch Lines around Oswestry. Middleton Press. figs. 75-79. ISBN 9781906008604. OCLC 931221159.