Yorton railway station

Yorton railway station serves the villages of Yorton and Clive in Shropshire, England. It is 7¼ miles (11.5 km) north of Shrewsbury on the Welsh Marches Line towards Crewe. It has two platforms and dates from 1858. Trains only stop here upon request.

Yorton
Yorton station in 2020, looking southbound towards Shrewsbury
Location
PlaceYorton
Local authorityShropshire Council
Grid referenceSJ504237
Operations
Station codeYRT
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 9,538
2015/16 9,304
2016/17 8,788
2017/18 7,686
2018/19 8,672
History
Key datesOpened 1858 (1858)
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Yorton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station was designated for the axe in Dr Beeching's "The Reshaping of British Railways" in the 1960s; however it was ultimately saved.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has no ticket provision (so these must be bought on the train or in advance); the old buildings still stand but are now privately owned. There are shelters on both sides and train running information is provided via CIS displays, a customer help point on platform 1, a payphone on platform 2 and timetable poster boards. Step-free access is available only on the southbound platform.[1]

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly service from Yorton southbound to Shrewsbury and northbound to Crewe. Two of these in each direction (weekdays only) run to/from Swansea via the Heart of Wales Line. Some early morning and late evening express services between Manchester Piccadilly and Cardiff Central also call here.[2] On Sundays, Yorton is served by five trains in each direction, most starting from or finishing at Manchester Piccadilly or Cardiff Central. A normal weekday service operates on most Bank holidays.

All trains that stop here only do so on request. This means that any passengers wishing to alight at the station must inform the conductor on the train to arrange with the driver for the train to stop. Any passengers wishing to get on at the station must make their intent clear to the driver.

  • Looking northbound towards Wem
  • Looking southbound towards Shrewsbury

References
  1. Yorton station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  2. GB eNRT December 2018 Edition, Table 131

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Shrewsbury to Crewe. Middleton Press. pp. 26–28. ISBN 9781908174482. OCLC 880765045.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Shrewsbury   Transport for Wales
Welsh Marches Line		   Wem
  Historical railways  
Hadnall
Line open, station closed		   London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Crewe and Shrewsbury Railway		   Wem
Line and station open


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