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::There's a note that "Trains can not be crossed at Eardington or Linley" [http://www.svrwiki.com/Timetable:_Severn_Valley_Line_1948 here] and, unlike Northwood etc., it's not identified as a halt, which suggests it was classified as a station in 1948. And in 1962/63, [http://www.michaelclemensrailways.co.uk/article/severn-valley-much-wenlock-tenbury/496 tickets] were issued for "Eardington" as against "Cound Halt".
::Maybe just go for the generally accepted definition of a Halt as having no staff and no goods facilities and mention that it has never been officially downgraded (if that is the case) but is usually referred to as a Halt now that it fits that description.
:::Which suggests editing all "Eardington Halt" and "Eardington station" to Eardington, with a note on the Eardington page that "although sometimes in preservation referred to as "Eardington Halt", it was a full station before the line's closure and in preservation. No evidence has been found that it was downgraded to a halt after it became a request stop after 1974, or after its preservation era closure"? Let's leave that change a few days to see if anything else comes up. Dan, if you have other info to add do you want to include this amendment? Thanks--[[User:Patrick Hearn|Patrick Hearn]] ([[User talk:Patrick Hearn|talk]]) 13:03, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
