Hanwood railway station

Former railway station in Shropshire, England.

52°40′53″N 2°49′42″W / 52.6815°N 2.8284°W / 52.6815; -2.8284Grid referenceSJ440096Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyShrewsbury and Welshpool RailwayPre-groupingLNWR & GWR jointPost-groupingLMS & GWR jointKey dates1861Opened[1]1960Closed for passengers[1]

Hanwood railway station was a station in Hanwood, Shropshire, England. The station was opened in 1861 and closed to passengers in 1960,[1] and to goods traffic in 1964.[2]

Proposed reopening

In 2015, the Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth Rail Passenger Association released an aims document that mentions the possibility of reopening the station, along with Bow Street and Carno stations.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Stations". Shropshire History. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ^ Great Hanwood 'Through all its changing scenes'. Great Hanwood Jigsaw Group. 1991. p. 20.
  3. ^ "Aims and Objectives of the Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth Rail Passengers Association".

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Shrewsbury to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 22-24. ISBN 9781906008291. OCLC 228374968.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Yockleton
Line open, station closed 		  LNWR & GWR joint
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway 		  Shrewsbury
Line and station open
Plealey Road
Line and station closed 		  LNWR & GWR joint
Minsterley branch line 		 
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Closed railway stations in Shropshire
Bishops Castle RailwayCleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors
Light RailwayCoalport branch lineMinsterley branch lineMuch Wenlock and Severn Junction RailwayOswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch RailwayOswestry and Newtown Railway
Severn Valley RailwayShrewsbury and Birmingham RailwayShrewsbury and Chester RailwayShrewsbury and Hereford RailwayShrewsbury and Welshpool Railway
Shropshire and Montgomeryshire RailwayShropshire Union RailwaysTanat Valley Light RailwayTenbury and Bewdley RailwayWellington and Drayton RailwayWellington and Severn Junction RailwayWrexham and Ellesmere RailwayOther


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