Walcot railway station

Walcot
General information
Location	Walcot, Shropshire England
Coordinates	52°42′12″N 2°36′08″W / 52.7032°N 2.6021°W / 52.7032; -2.6021
Grid reference	SJ594118
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Shrewsbury and Wellington Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	LNWR and GWR joint
Post-grouping	LMS and GWR joint
Key dates
1 June 1849	Opened^[1]
7 September 1964	Closed^[1]

Walcot railway station was a station in Walcot, Shropshire, England. The station was sited on the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury line west of Wellington (Shropshire) and opened on 1 June 1849. It closed on 7 September 1964,^[2] along with the other intermediate stations on this stretch of line. The station was demolished after closure and no trace now remains.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Station Name: Walcot". Disused Stations. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 438. OCLC 931112387.

Further reading[edit]

Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 105-106. ISBN 9781906008444. OCLC 286385795.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Upton Magna Line open, station closed		LNWR and GWR joint Shrewsbury and Wellington Joint Railway		Admaston Line open, station closed

v t e Closed railway stations in Shropshire
Bishops Castle Railway	Bishop's Castle Eaton Horderley Lydham Heath Plowden Stretford Bridge Halt
Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway	Aston Botterell Siding Burwarton Halt Chilton Halt Cleobury North Crossing Cleobury Town Halt Detton Ford Siding Ditton Priors Halt Prescott Spring Stottesdon Halt
Coalport branch line	Coalport East Dawley and Stirchley Madeley Market Malins Lee Oakengates Market Street
Minsterley branch line	Minsterley Plealey Road Pontesbury
Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway	Easthope Halt Farley Halt Harton Road Longville Much Wenlock Presthope Rushbury Westwood Halt
Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway	Ellesmere Frankton Tinkers Green Halt Welshampton Whittington High Level
Oswestry and Newtown Railway	Llynclys Pant
Severn Valley Railway	Alveley Halt Berrington Buildwas Coalport West Cound Halt Cressage Eardington Halt Ironbridge and Broseley Jackfield Halt Linley Halt
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway	Abbey Foregate Admaston Upton Magna Walcot
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway	Baschurch Haughton Halt Leaton Oldwoods Halt Rednal and West Felton Stanwardine Halt Trehowell Halt Weston Rhyn Whittington Low Level
Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway	All Stretton Halt Ashford Bowdler Bromfield Condover Dorrington Leebotwood Little Stretton Halt Marshbrook Onibury Wistanstow Halt Woofferton
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway	Hanwood Plas-y-Court Halt Westbury Yockleton
Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway	Chapel Lane Cruckton Edgebold Edgerley Halt Ford and Crossgates Hookagate and Redhill Kinnerley Junction Maesbrook Melverley Meole Brace Nesscliffe and Pentre Shoot Hill Shrawardine Shrewsbury West Shrewsbury Abbey Wern Las
Shropshire Union Railways	Donnington Hadley Newport Trench Crossing
Tanat Valley Light Railway	Porthywaen Halt Blodwell Junction Llanyblodwel Halt Glanyrafon Halt
Tenbury and Bewdley Railway	Cleobury Mortimer Neen Sollars Tenbury Wells
Wellington and Drayton Railway	Crudgington Ellerdine Halt Hodnet Little Drayton Halt Longdon Halt Peplow Rowton Halt Tern Hill Wollerton Halt
Wellington and Severn Junction Railway	Coalbrookdale Doseley Halt Green Bank Halt Horsehay and Dawley Iron Bridge Gorge Ketley Ketley Town Halt Lawley Bank Lightmoor Platform New Dale Halt
Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway	Elson Halt Trench Halt
Other	Hadnall Madeley Market Drayton New Hadley Halt Norton-in-Hales Park Hall Halt Rhydmeredydd Goods

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