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==Station name==
The station was named Buildwas in [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Timetable extracts | timetables]], and also appeared as such in the 1963 notice of closure. However the station running in board showed the name as “Buildwas Junction”;<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Vanns (2013)]] p. 31.</ref> this version was also shown on Ordnance Survey maps as above.
==Traffic statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Traffic statistics|GWR Traffic statistics]] for Buildwas, selected years prior to 1939<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Nabarro (1971)]] p. 56.</ref>
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! !! colspan="3" | Passenger Traffic !! colspan="2" | Freight Traffic !!
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! Year !! Tickets issued !! Parcels despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Tons received & despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Total revenue (£)
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|1903||style="text-align:right"|9,693||style="text-align:right"|1,258||style="text-align:right"|598||style="text-align:right"|3,831||style="text-align:right"|700||style="text-align:right"|1,298
|-
|1913||style="text-align:right"|9,601||style="text-align:right"|2,445||style="text-align:right"|582||style="text-align:right"|3,980||style="text-align:right"|600||style="text-align:right"|1,182
|-
|1923||style="text-align:right"|7,098||style="text-align:right"|1,023||style="text-align:right"|432||style="text-align:right"|3,838||style="text-align:right"|755||style="text-align:right"|1,187
|-
|1933||style="text-align:right"|5,983||style="text-align:right"|1,029||style="text-align:right"|489||style="text-align:right"|49,309||style="text-align:right"|4,105||style="text-align:right"|4,594
|-
|1938||style="text-align:right"|7,720||style="text-align:right"|1,465||style="text-align:right"|561||style="text-align:right"|324,330||style="text-align:right"|23,092||style="text-align:right"|24,555
|-
|}
Traffic at Buildwas originated from the Wellington and Much Wenlock lines as well as the Severn Valley Branch. The opening of the coal-fired Ironbridge Power Station in 1932 brought about a significant increase in freight traffic.
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