Broome railway station

Broome railway station is a railway station (now more akin to a halt) that serves the villages of Broome and Aston on Clun, in Shropshire, England. It is situated on the Heart of Wales Line 22 3⁄4 miles (36.6 km) south west of Shrewsbury. All trains that serve the station are operated by Transport for Wales.

Broome
Location
PlaceBroome
Local authorityShropshire Council
Coordinates52.423°N 2.885°W / 52.423; -2.885
Grid referenceSO399809
Operations
Station codeBME
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 2,530
2015/16 1,564
2016/17 782
2017/18 1,150
2018/19 1,118
History
Key datesOpened 1861 (1861)
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Broome from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

As of 2018 the station is the least used National Rail station in the county of Shropshire.[1]

History
The station in 1963; the passenger platforms to the left and the small goods yard (now a light industrial estate) to the right.

Broome station was built by the Knighton Railway company on their branch line between Craven Arms and Knighton,[2] opening with the line in 1861. In 1895 a wind engine was erected at the station for the London and North Western Railway by John Wallis Titt.

The line was double track and the station had two platforms until the 1960s,[3] but the line has been singled and the station now has just one platform.

Originally the station was named "Broom and Aston".[4]

Facilities

The station has no permanent buildings aside from a single timber waiting shelter, though it does have a CIS display and a timetable poster board. However, it has no public telephone or customer help point. Step-free access is provided via a steep gravel ramp and steel gate from the entrance and car park, which has been proven to be unsuitable for wheelchair users.[5]

Services

There are four trains a day in each direction from Monday to Saturday (plus an extra northbound service to Shrewsbury for commuters on Mondays to Fridays), and two services on Sundays.[6] This is a request stop, whereby passengers have to signal to the driver to board or alight from the train.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Hopton Heath   Transport for Wales
Heart of Wales Line		   Craven Arms

See also

References
  1. "Broome station on the least used stations map". Archived from the original on 30 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. Body, p.48
  3. Broome Railway Station (1963) www.time-capsules.co.uk photo archive; Retrieved 26 July 2017
  4. Vision of Britain Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Clunbury
  5. Broome - Least Used Station In Shropshire - Geoff Marshall - Youtube
  6. Table 129 National Rail timetable, December 2018
  • Body, G. (1983), PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Western Region, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 0-85059-546-0

Further reading
  • Organ, John (2008). Mitchell, Vic (ed.). Craven Arms to Llandeilo. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 12-15. ISBN 9781906008352. OCLC 648080889.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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