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The [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership# Timetable extracts | BR(W) Working Timetables]] for 1948 and 1959 include the following operating instruction specific to Coalport: ''When a Freight Train is standing in either of the sidings on the Up Side at Coalport, waiting for a train to pass, the Guard must divide his train to provide space for the Signalman to pass through for the purpose of exchanging train staffs with the passing train''. | The [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership# Timetable extracts | BR(W) Working Timetables]] for 1948 and 1959 include the following operating instruction specific to Coalport: ''When a Freight Train is standing in either of the sidings on the Up Side at Coalport, waiting for a train to pass, the Guard must divide his train to provide space for the Signalman to pass through for the purpose of exchanging train staffs with the passing train''. | ||
− | The station closed along with the Severn Valley Line in 1963. The station building is now a private house. | + | The station closed along with the Severn Valley Line in 1963. The station building is now a private house. In May 2017 it was offered for sale at a price of £950,000.<ref>[http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-66631712.html Rightmove.co.uk] retrieved 1 August 2017</ref> |
==Traffic statistics== | ==Traffic statistics== |
Revision as of 21:48, 1 August 2017
Towards Hartlebury and Kidderminster | Towards Shrewsbury |
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Linley (2½ miles) | Ironbridge (2 miles) via Jackfield Halt (from 1934) |
Coalport Station was located 25 miles from Hartlebury and 15¾ miles from Shrewsbury.
Location
Like Ironbridge, the station was inconveniently situated on the opposite bank of the river from the town it served. The town was most noted for the Coalport China Works of John Rose & Co, although this was mainly served by sidings of the nearby LNWRLondon & North Western Railway branch line from Hadley Junction near Wellington on the opposite side of the river to the SVRSevern Valley Railway line. The LNWRLondon & North Western Railway branch terminated at their Coalport East station, which was located almost directly opposite the GWRGreat Western Railway station. Perhaps for these reasons Coalport was, in 1895, the last of the Severn Valley Railway's stations to be upgraded by the provision of second platform with passing loop and fully interlocked signal box.
The BR(W) Working Timetables for 1948 and 1959 include the following operating instruction specific to Coalport: When a Freight Train is standing in either of the sidings on the UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) Side at Coalport, waiting for a train to pass, the Guard must divide his train to provide space for the Signalman to pass through for the purpose of exchanging train staffs with the passing train.
The station closed along with the Severn Valley Line in 1963. The station building is now a private house. In May 2017 it was offered for sale at a price of £950,000.[1]
Traffic statistics
Passenger Traffic | Freight Traffic | |||||
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Year | Tickets issued | Parcels despatched | Revenue (£) | Tons received & despatched | Revenue (£) | Total revenue (£) |
1903 | 7,906 | 1,325 | 493 | 11,021 | 3,820 | 4,313 |
1913 | 6,622 | 1,257 | 490 | 6,823 | 1,850 | 2,340 |
1923 | 8,984 | 1,885 | 754 | 9,253 | 3,857 | 4,611 |
1933 | 5,771 | 690 | 412 | 5,950 | 2,750 | 3,162 |
1938 | 5,741 | 1,257 | 366 | 4,937 | 1,771 | 2,137 |
Gallery
An ex-GWRGreat Western Railway prairie pulls a short northbound goods through Coalport in July 1962 (Sellick Collection)
A southbound train arrives at Coalport in August 1963 (Sellick Collection)
See also
The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership
References
The Severn Valley Railway, John Marshall
Severn Valley Railway, A View from the Past, MA Vanns
- ↑ Rightmove.co.uk retrieved 1 August 2017
- ↑ Nabarro (1971) p. 55.