Location |
Opened |
Closed |
Notes
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Hartlebury Station |
June 1876 |
24 August 2012 |
McKenzie & Holland type 2 box. Originally 21 levers, renewed with 30 lever GWR frame August 1910, frame removed and replaced with switch panel 7 November 1982.
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Hartlebury Junction |
June 1876 |
15 April 1977 |
McKenzie & Holland type 2 box. Originally 20 levers, renewed with 27 lever GWR frame 1912.
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Leapgate Siding G.F. |
28 August 1939 |
12 January 1981 |
Single track junction facing Stourport serving Regent Oil Co. depot. Two sidings on either side of a gantry, space for 17 20-ton wagons.[2][3] Released by token.
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Sand Siding G.F. |
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Single track junction facing Stourport serving a large sand quarry. Points worked by a ground frame locked by the section token.[4]
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Stourport South |
1885 |
1 April 1951 |
Originally 18 levers (14 working, 4 spare). Double-line block working between the two Stourport boxes was authorised in 1887[5]. New frame circa 1923. Renamed "Stourport on Severn South" in 1934. On closure, control of layout went to Stourport North.
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Stourport North |
Before 1885 |
3 May 1970 |
Great Western Type 5 brick signal box. Originally a 20 lever frame, extended to 24 (18 working 6 spare)[6] by March 1907, new 34 lever GWR frame 1914. Box extended by 6 feet 8 inches and new 43 lever frame installed April 1951, signal box then taking control of whole station. Renamed "Stourport on Severn North" in 1934, apparently kept the name until closure. Parts used in rebuilding of Hampton Loade SB.
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Park Street G.F. |
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Controlled connections at north end of Stourport to coal sidings and Steatite Branch/Burlish Branch, which serviced the Steatite and Porcelain Products Co. factory near Burlish crossing.[3][2] Three? levers, electrically released from Stourport (North) S.B. [7]
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Brindley Street G.F. |
1941 |
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Served National Cold Stores.[3] Two? levers and an intermediate token machine, released by token.[7]
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Bewdley South |
1878 |
3 May 1970 |
McKenzie and Holland Type 3 brick signal box. Originally 28 levers, extended to 31 September 1901, new 32 lever GWR frame circa 1923. Reopened and extended to 34 levers in preservation.
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Bewdley North |
1878 |
3 May 1970 |
McKenzie and Holland Type 3 timber signal box. Original frame of unknown length, new 37 lever GWR frame 25 June 1908. Reopened in preservation.
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Folly Point Siding G.F. |
16 September 1899 |
1906 |
Siding laid in connection with the construction of the Elan Valley Aqueduct[2]. Access controlled by two ground frames each with two levers, locked by a key on the electric train staff for the section[8].
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Arley |
June 1883 |
28 June 1964 |
McKenzie and Holland signal box, brick/timber construction. 14 lever frame. Demolished, replacement preservation-era box in same location
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Kinlet Sidings South G.F. |
After 9 October 1895 (1st), March 1943 (2nd) |
December 1913 (1st) |
Replaced by S.B. in 1913, replaced S.B. in 1943. Intermediate token instrument in second incarnation. Released by token.
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Kinlet and Billingsley Sidings |
December 1913 |
March 1943 |
Replaced G.F.s in 1913, itself replaced by G.F.s in 1943. 38 lever frame (32 working, 6 spare), manned 08.00-16.00 and the only box on the line able to switch out[9].
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Kinlet Sidings North G.F. |
After 9 October 1895 (1st), March 1943 (2nd) |
December 1913 (1st) |
Replaced by S.B. in 1913, replaced S.B. in 1943. Intermediate token instrument in second incarnation. Released by token.
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Highley |
June 1883 |
3 May 1970 |
McKenzie and Holland signal box, brick/timber construction. 14 lever frame. Reopened in preservation, virtually unchanged since construction.
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Alveley Sidings (South) G.F. |
30 January 1939 |
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Two levers, released by token, intermediate token instrument.[10]
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Alveley Sidings (North) G.F. |
30 January 1939 |
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Two levers, released by token, intermediate token instrument.[10]
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Hampton Loade |
May 1883 |
2 December 1963 |
McKenzie and Holland brick signal box, 14 levers. Partly demolished, replica preservation-era box build from structure of Hampton and Stourport boxes
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Hampton Loade G.F.* |
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Preservation-era G.F. used to run round ca. 1970 before reopening of signal box
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Eardington G.F.(s) |
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Existence assumed. The station had a goods loop, reduced to a siding in 1959. The station had no signal box and was unstaffed after 1949.
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Knowlesands Sidings G.F.s |
August 1922 |
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North and South G.F.s. Released by token.
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Bridgnorth South |
October 1892 |
1923 |
GWR Type 5 brick signal box. 21 lever frame.
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Bridgnorth (1) |
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October 1892 |
No further details known, although Marshall's comment on Buildwas Station (1) below may also apply here as interlocking of starting signal and points was authorised at the same time.
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Bridgnorth (2) |
1923 |
2 December 1963 |
GWR Type 8A brick signal box. 54 lever frame. Partly demolished, shortened base re-used for 30 lever preservation-era box.
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Bridgnorth North |
October 1892 |
1923 |
GWR signal box, identical dimensions (and construction?) to South. 23 lever frame.
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Coalport |
ca. November 1895 |
2 December 1963 |
GWR Type 5 brick signal box. 31 lever frame. Also controlled access to Coalport Brick & Tile Works Siding.
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Coalport G.F. |
ca. 1895 |
ca. 1930 |
Two lever G.F., locked from the signal box, to work the loop points and FPL at the north end of the station[11]. Removed and replaced by motorised points around 1930.
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Maw and Co's Siding G.F. |
1877 |
18 October 1959 |
Originally a McKenzie and Holland signal box, demoted to ground frame status 1893, replaced by an actual ground frame by 1945.
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Jackfield Sidings G.F.s |
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At least three ground frames serving brick and tile factories at Jackfield
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Ironbridge and Broseley |
1894 |
25 November 1956 |
GWR Type 5 brick signal box. 31 lever GWR frame, replaced with new frame of same length but more modern design 1917, although this may have simply been a replacement of the interlocking (5 1/4 inch lever pitch retained).
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Bowers Yard Lime Kilns Siding (G.F.) |
1920s? |
After 1934[12] |
Historic lime kilns revived at some date in 1920s and rail siding added. Official name not known.
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Buildwas Junction |
circa 1864 |
4? November 1923 |
New 32 lever installed 1913.
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Power Station Siding G.F. |
ca. 1931 |
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Access to CEGB sidings at Buildwas. Electrically released from S.B. [13]
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Buildwas |
4 November 1923 |
15 March 1964 |
GWR Type 7D brick signal box. 66 lever frame, extended by approx. 14 feet and new 113 lever frame 9 December 1931, in connection with Power Station opening.
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Buildwas Station (1) |
By 1871 |
1888 |
In August 1871, the GWR Board authorised 'connecting the down starting signal with the signal box'. Marshall suggests this was probably a small cabin covering a ground frame[14].
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Buildwas Station (2) |
23 October 1888 |
4? November 1923 |
New 49 lever frame 1906.
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Mileage Siding G.F. |
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Two? lever G.F. providing access to siding at north end of Buildwas. Electrically released from S.B. [13]
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Cressage |
By 1890, replaced June 1894 |
2 December 1963 |
Replacement box GWR Type 5 brick signal box, 23 lever frame, (19 working, 4 spare), gate wheel for the level crossing[11].
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Cressage G.F. |
1894 |
ca. 1930 |
Two lever G.F., locked from the signal box, to work the loop points and FPL at the north end of the station[11]. Removed and replaced by motorised points around 1930.
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Berrington |
By 1890, replaced June 1894 |
2 December 1963 |
Original box reportedly able to switch out. Replacement box GWR Type 5 brick signal box, 19 lever frame, (16 working, 3 spare)[11].
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Berrington G.F. |
1894 |
ca. 1930 |
Two lever G.F., locked from the signal box, to work the loop points and FPL at the south end of the station[11]. Removed and replaced by motorised points around 1930.
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Burnt Mill Junction |
Box ordered January 1894 |
14 February 1937 |
10 lever frame. End of short double track section from Sutton Bridge Jn
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Sutton Bridge Junction |
1913 |
Open |
Replacement box opened 1913. Still open.
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* Installed during preservation but later removed as no longer required.