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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.
==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>
|-
! !! colspan="3" | Passenger Traffic !! colspan="2" | Freight Traffic !!
|-
! Year !! Tickets issued !! Parcels despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Tons received & despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Total revenue (£)
|-
|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.
== Gallery ==
File:Buildwas-SVR-passenger-1961-06-09.jpg|A Westbound Severn Valley service waits in the station in June 1961 ([[Sellick Collection]])
File:Buildwas-6128-Goods-1961-06-09.jpg|A goods train waits to depart for Much Wenlock in June 1961 ([[Sellick Collection]])
File:Buildwas railway station 1935708 42d2f55f.jpg|Buildwas station and Ironbridge "A" power station ([[Sellick Collection]])
File:PGH_BuildwasJn.jpg|Buildwas station building in 1962. The signalbox is visible at the far left of the frame. (PG Hindley)
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==See also==
*[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership# Map of the Route and Nearby Railways | The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership]]<br>*[[Maps#Map 1 - Shrewsbury to Hartlebury | Pre-1965 Map]]*[[Shropshire Historic Environment Record]]
==References==
Severn Valley Railway, A View from the Past, MA Vanns
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