Changes

The station opened on 1 February 1862 with a single platform. On 28 February 1894, GWR General Manager Henry Lambert proposed that the station should become a crossing place with the addition of a second platform and [[Coalport Brick & Tile Works Siding|additional sidings for Exley & Sons' traffic]] at a total cost of £4,062.<ref name=Marshall108>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 108.</ref> The [[List of signal boxes#List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames|signal box]] was a GWR Type 5 brick signal box with a 31 lever frame comprising 24 working levers and 7 spares. It was situated some way south of the station. The loop was the longest on the Severn Valley Branch with a length of 1,476ft,<ref name=Marshall108/> and for that reason a two-lever ground frame, locked from the signal box, worked the loop points and FPL at the north end of the station. Col. Yorke gave approval of the new works on behalf of the Board of Trade on 22 January 1896.<ref name=Marshall108/>