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Postcard of Coalport circa 1900
A Northbound DMUDiesel Multiple Unit at Coalport in September 1962 (Sellick Collection)
82009 calls at Coalport on 25 July 1959
Next stations pre-closure
Towards Hartlebury and Kidderminster Towards Shrewsbury
Linley (2½ miles) Ironbridge (2 miles)
via Jackfield Halt (from 1934)

Coalport Station was located 25 miles from Hartlebury and 15¾ miles from Shrewsbury.

Location

Coalport OS.JPG
Like Ironbridge, the station was inconveniently situated on the opposite bank of the river from the town it served. The town was most noted for the Coalport China Works of John Rose & Co, although this was mainly served by sidings of the nearby LNWRLondon & North Western Railway branch line from Hadley Junction near Wellington on the opposite side of the river to the SVRSevern Valley Railway line. The LNWRLondon & North Western Railway branch terminated at their Coalport East station, which was located almost directly opposite the GWRGreat Western Railway station. Perhaps for these reasons Coalport was, in 1895, the last of the Severn Valley Railway's stations to be upgraded by the provision of second platform with passing loop and fully interlocked signal box.

The BR(W) Working Timetables for 1948 and 1959 include the following operating instruction specific to Coalport: When a Freight Train is standing in either of the sidings on the UpIn reference to the direction of travel means towards the major terminus (i.e. towards Kidderminster on the present day SVR) Side at Coalport, waiting for a train to pass, the Guard must divide his train to provide space for the Signalman to pass through for the purpose of exchanging train staffs with the passing train.

The station closed along with the Severn Valley Line in 1963. The station building is now a private house. In May 2017 it was offered for sale at a price of £950,000.[1]

Traffic statistics

GWR Traffic statistics for Coalport, selected years prior to 1939[2]
Passenger Traffic Freight Traffic
Year Tickets issued Parcels despatched Revenue (£) Tons received & despatched Revenue (£) Total revenue (£)
1903 7,906 1,325 493 11,021 3,820 4,313
1913 6,622 1,257 490 6,823 1,850 2,340
1923 8,984 1,885 754 9,253 3,857 4,611
1933 5,771 690 412 5,950 2,750 3,162
1938 5,741 1,257 366 4,937 1,771 2,137


Gallery

See also

The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership

References

The Severn Valley Railway, John Marshall
Severn Valley Railway, A View from the Past, MA Vanns

  1. Rightmove.co.uk retrieved 1 August 2017
  2. Nabarro (1971) p. 55.