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[[File:Buildwas_Junction_OS_Map.jpg|600px|Buildwas Junction layout, Ordnance Survey 1903.]]<br>
Approaching the station from the south, the single track Severn Valley Line was joined from the right by the double track line from [[Coalbrookdale]], which crossed the river via the [[Albert Edward Bridge]]. In the short distance between the bridge and the station, the Much Wenlock line (the Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway before incorporation into the GWR) began to branch off to the left and climb, the single platform for this branch being on a higher level than the two platforms for the Severn Valley Line (at opening on 1 February 1862, Buildwas was the first station at which trains leaving and approaching Shrewsbury could cross).
A new [[Ironbridge power station|power station]] came into use in 1932, requiring extensive additional sidings and a new signal box to handle the coal traffic. The station also handled limestone traffic from the quarries on Wenlock Edge.
