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[[File:Coalbrookdale Station.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Coalbrookdale Station]]Consequently, Coalbrookdale was served by a station on the GWR's [[Wellington to Craven Arms Railway|Wellington to Craven Arms Branch]] which crossed the Severn Valley Branch at [[Buildwas]]. Passenger services commenced 1 November 1864. [[Albert Edward Bridge]] provided the river crossing between Buildwas and Coalbrookdale.
Passenger services were withdrawn from 23 July 1962. The line was subsequently used by coal and other freight trains travelling to [[Ironbridge power station]] until its closure in November 2015. <ref group="note">Six Bells Junction website includes several modern traction railtours in this period, and at least two steam tours</ref> Prior to that time, on [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2009|14 November 2009]] Vintage Trains' ''The SLS Special'' railtour visited Coalbrookdale using double headed panniers 9466 and 9600. The tour later arrived at the SVR where the locos were serviced before a final return to Tyseley.<ref>[https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/091114vt.htm Six Bells Junction]</ref> In 2019 the line was mooted by Network Rail (NR) to be mothballed. Telford Steam Railway have set out plans to extend southwards through the station.<ref>[https://steamingtoironbridgewww.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/ steamingtoironbridge.html 'Steaming to Ironbridge', Telford Steam Railway website] (Retrieved 22 October 201829 April 2024)</ref>
==See also==
[[Ironbridge power station]]
==Notes==
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