Coalbrookdale railway station

Coalbrookdale
view from along the track (1983)
Location
Place	Coalbrookdale
Area	Shropshire
Coordinates	52°38′01″N 2°29′32″W / 52.6336°N 2.4923°W / 52.6336; -2.4923Coordinates: 52°38′01″N 2°29′32″W / 52.6336°N 2.4923°W / 52.6336; -2.4923
Grid reference	SJ667040
Operations
Original company	Wellington and Severn Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
History
1 November 1864	Opened
23 July 1962	Closed
27 May 1979	Reopened and renamed Telford (Coalbrookdale)
3 September 1979	Closed
24 July 1988	Reopened and renamed Ironbridge Gorge[1]
Unknown	Closed
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Coalbrookdale railway station is a disused station at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, England. The station was situated on the now freight-only line between Buildwas Junction and Lightmoor Junction. The station buildings are now used by the Green Wood Centre.^[2]

Coalbrookdale railway station in July 2009

The Telford Steam Railway has aspirations to take possession of the up track passing through the station as part of its southern extension.

The station building at Longville (another station on the Wenlock, Craven Arms and Lightmoor Extension railway) was a similar but reduced version of that at Coalbookdale.

Coalbrookdale railway station is a waypoint on the South Telford Heritage Trail.

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Craven Arms to Wellington. Middleton Press. figs. 67-72. ISBN 9781906008338. OCLC 750867075.