| 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.
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Location
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 LNWR branch line from Hadley Junction near Wellington on the opposite side of the river to the SVR line. The LNWR branch terminated at their Coalport East station, which was located almost directly opposite the GWR 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 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.
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
| 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
An ex-GWR prairie pulls a short northbound goods through Coalport in July 1962 (Sellick Collection)
A southbound train arrives at Coalport in August 1963 (Sellick Collection)
See also
References
The Severn Valley Railway, John Marshall
Severn Valley Railway, A View from the Past, MA Vanns
- ↑ Rightmove.co.uk retrieved 1 August 2017
- ↑ Nabarro (1971) p. 55.