Coalport East railway station

Former railway station in England

Coalport East

Coalport East station in 2018

General information
Location| Coalport
England
Coordinates| 52°36′59″N 2°26′30″W﻿ / ﻿52.6164°N 2.4416°W﻿ / 52.6164; -2.4416
Grid reference| SJ701021
Platforms| 1
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Pre-grouping| London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping| London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
10 June 1861 (1861-06-10)| Opened as Coalport
?| Renamed Coalport East
2 June 1952 (1952-06-02)| Closed for passengers
1960| closed for freight

Coalport East was a London and North Western Railway station at Coalport, situated on the north bank of the River Severn. It formed the terminus of the Coalport Branch Line which ran from Hadley Junction near Oakengates on the LNWR Stafford to Shrewsbury Line.

## History

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The station was originally named ‘Coalport’ at opening on 10 June 1861.[1] It was later renamed ‘Coalport East’ to avoid confusion with the Severn Valley Railway Coalport station which opened on the opposite bank of the river Severn in 1862.

The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1934 to 1939.[2]

Coalport East closed to passengers on 2 June 1952,[1] and to freight traffic in 1960.[3]

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Terminus |  | London and North Western Railway
Coalport Branch Line |  | Madeley Market
Line closed, station closed

## References

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Notes

1. ^ a b Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 64\. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
2. ^ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 22\. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
3. ^ Cooke, B.W.C., ed. (January 1960). "Coalport Freight Line Closed". Notes and News. The Railway Magazine. Vol. 107, no. 717\. Westminster: Tothill Press. p. 64.

## Further reading

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* Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Stafford to Wellington. Middleton Press. figs. 118-120. ISBN 9781908174598. OCLC 913791564.

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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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