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[[File:Buildwas railway station 1935708 42d2f55f.jpg|thumb|200px|Buildwas station and Ironbridge "A" power station]]
Buildwas, officially Buildwas Junction, was situated 28½ miles from [[Hartlebury]] and 12¼ miles from [[Shrewsbury]]. It was an interchange station in open countryside with no passenger access other than by rail, and was built on two levels. The station building was of a similar design to that at [[Bewdley]].
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 Shrewsbuury 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.