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[[File:Coalport Postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Postcard of Coalport circa 1900]][[File:Coalport-DMU-1962-09-29.jpg|thumb|200px300px|A Northbound DMU at Coalport in September 1962 . The signal box can be seen in the far distance. ([[Sellick Collection]])]][[File:82009 at Coalport.jpg|thumb|300px|82009 calls at Coalport on 25 July 1959]]{| class="wikitable"|+Next stations pre-closure|-! Towards [[Hartlebury]] and [[Kidderminster]] !! Towards [[Shrewsbury]]|-| [[Linley]] (2&frac12; miles)|| [[Ironbridge and Broseley | Ironbridge]] (2 miles)<br>via [[Jackfield Halt]] (from 1934)|- |}Coalport Station was located 25 miles from Hartlebury and 15&frac34; miles from Shrewsbury.

==History==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 Station was located 25 miles from Hartlebury and 15Brick & Tile Works Siding|additional sidings for Exley &frac34; miles from ShrewsburySons' traffic]] at a total cost of £4,062.<ref name=Marshall108>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 108. Like </ref> The [[IronbridgeList of signal boxes#List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames|signal box]], was a GWR <noglossary>Type 5</noglossary> 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 inconveniently situated the longest on the opposite bank 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 river from station. Col. Yorke gave approval of the new works on behalf of the town it servedBoard of Trade on 22 January 1896. The town <ref name=Marshall108/> On 27 May 1903, approval was most noted given for an additional bedroom for the Stationmaster’s house at a cost of £84<ref name=Marshall108/>. [[SVR staff in 1922#Severn Valley Railway (North of Bridgnorth)|GWR staff records for 1922]] show the station had a staff of 4. The ground frame at the north end of the passing loop was removed and replaced by motorised points around 1930.<ref name=Marshall108/> {| class="wikitable |+ Station Masters at Coalport China Works of |-!Name!!Born !! data-sort-type="date" | From !! data-sort-type="date" | To !! Comments|-|George Broad||1824, Chute, Wiltshire|| By 1881|| ||Joined Midland Railway by 1841, then West Midlands Railway in 1847. Died 1886.|-|Daniel Merrett||1829, Standish, Gloucestershire|| November 1887|| October 1899 || Resigned. Died 1911|-|William Charles Weyman||1857, Berkeley, Gloucestershire|| 17 October 1899|| After 1918 || |-|John Rose & CoThomas||1865, Buildwas|| By April 1923|| || Also station master at [[Linley]] 1904|-|Frederick Harold Jones||1890, Burwarton, Shropshire|| By July 1926|| By September 1928 || |-|Edward Parry Jones||1884, although this Welshampton|| By October 1928|| By April 1932 || |-|} From 1941 Coalport came under the supervision of Ironbridge and Broseley. During the BR era the station was mainly served by sidings of renamed 'Coalport West',<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Butt (1995)]]</ref> presumably to differentiate it from the nearby ex-LNWR branch line from Hadley Junction near Wellington 'Coalport East' station. The change seems to have had little impact in practice, as use of the original name "Coalport" continued in [[Engineer's Line References]], [[Timetables in commercial service|BR Working Timetables]], and on the opposite side platform running in boards.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Mitchell and Smith (2007)]] fig. 83.</ref> The 1963 BR notice of closure of the river line also referred to the SVR linestation only as Coalport. Perhaps for these reasons However the 'Coalport West' name wasused from time to time, such as on a 1957 excursion poster and in 1895, the last of 1960 Sectional Appendix to the Severn Valley RailwayWorking Time Table.<gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">BR Excursion Poster 1957.jpg|1957 Easter Monday excursion poster showing 'Coalport West's stations to be upgraded by the provision of second platform with passing loop and fully interlocked signal boxClosure Notice.jpg|1963 closure notice showing 'Coalport'</gallery> The station closed along with the Severn Valley Line in to passengers from 9 September 1963. The signal box was closed on 2 December 1963after through freight services ended. The station building is now a private house.In May 2017 it was offered for sale at a price of £950,000.<ref>[http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-66631712.html Rightmove.co.uk] retrieved 1 August 2017</ref> ==Coalport passing loop operating instructions==The [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership# Timetable extracts | 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 Up 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''.<br>In 1960 the loop capacity was 27 wagons, plus engine and brake van.<ref>Sectional Appendix to the Working Time Tables and Books of Rules and Regulations, Birmingham Traffic District, October 1960</ref>  ==Traffic statistics=={| class="wikitable"|+ [[Traffic statistics in commercial service]] for Coalport, selected years 1903 to 1952|-! !! colspan="3" | Passenger Traffic !! colspan="2" | Freight Traffic !! |-! Year !! Tickets issued !! Parcels despatched !! Revenue (&pound;) !! Tons received &amp; despatched !! Revenue (&pound;) !! Total revenue (&pound;)|-|1903||style="text-align:right"|7,906||style="text-align:right"|1,325||style="text-align:right"|493||style="text-align:right"|11,021||style="text-align:right"|3,820||style="text-align:right"|4,313|-|1913||style="text-align:right"|6,622||style="text-align:right"|1,257||style="text-align:right"|490||style="text-align:right"|6,823||style="text-align:right"|1,850||style="text-align:right"|2,340|-|1923||style="text-align:right"|8,984||style="text-align:right"|1,885||style="text-align:right"|754||style="text-align:right"|9,253||style="text-align:right"|3,857||style="text-align:right"|4,611|-|1933||style="text-align:right"|5,771||style="text-align:right"|690||style="text-align:right"|412||style="text-align:right"|5,950||style="text-align:right"|2,750||style="text-align:right"|3,162|-|1938||style="text-align:right"|5,741||style="text-align:right"|1,257||style="text-align:right"|366||style="text-align:right"|4,937||style="text-align:right"|1,771||style="text-align:right"|2,137|-|1942||style="text-align:right"|7,621||style="text-align:right"|161||style="text-align:right"|580||style="text-align:right"|6,132||style="text-align:right"|X||style="text-align:right"|X|-|1947||style="text-align:right"|7,145||style="text-align:right"|138||style="text-align:right"|541||style="text-align:right"|499||style="text-align:right"|X||style="text-align:right"|X|-|1952||style="text-align:right"|4,675||style="text-align:right"|261||style="text-align:right"|367||style="text-align:right"|X||style="text-align:right"|X||style="text-align:right"|X|-|}X: Information not recorded

==SourcesSee also==*[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership# Map of the Route and Nearby Railways | The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership]]*[[Maps#Schematic maps of the pre-closure SVR | Pre-1963 map]]*[[Shropshire Historic Environment Record]]*[[Variant spellings of SVR station names]] ==References==Station master information supplied by Chris Haynes

Severn Valley Railway, A View from the Past, MA Vanns<br><references />==See also=={{StationNavbox}}[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership# Map of the Route and Nearby Railways | The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownershipCategory:Featured articles]]