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[[File:Coalport Postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Postcard of Coalport circa 1900]]
 
[[File:Coalport Postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Postcard of Coalport circa 1900]]
[[File:Coalport-DMU-1962-09-29.jpg|thumb|300px|A Northbound DMU at Coalport in September 1962 ([[Sellick Collection]])]]
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[[File:Coalport-DMU-1962-09-29.jpg|thumb|300px|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]]
 
[[File:82009 at Coalport.jpg|thumb|300px|82009 calls at Coalport on 25 July 1959]]
 
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Coalport Station was located 25 miles from Hartlebury and 15¾ miles from Shrewsbury.   
 
Coalport Station was located 25 miles from Hartlebury and 15¾ miles from Shrewsbury.   
  
==Location==
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==History==
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The station opened on 1 February 1862 with a single platform. On 28 February 1894, 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 & Co’s 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/>
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.
 
  
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On 27 May 1903, approval was given for an additional bedroom for the Stationmaster’s house at a cost of £84.<ref name=Marshall108/>
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The ground frame at the north end of the passing loop was removed and replaced by motorised points around 1930.<ref name=Marshall108/>
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The station closed to passengers from 9 September 1963. The signal box was closed on 2 December 1963 after 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>
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==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''.
 
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''.
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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.<ref>[http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-66631712.html Rightmove.co.uk] retrieved 1 August 2017</ref>
 
  
 
==Traffic statistics==
 
==Traffic statistics==

Revision as of 21:23, 14 May 2018

Postcard of Coalport circa 1900
A Northbound DMUDiesel Multiple Unit at Coalport in September 1962. The signal box can be seen in the far distance. (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.

History

The station opened on 1 February 1862 with a single platform. On 28 February 1894, General Manager Henry Lambert proposed that the station should become a crossing place with the addition of a second platform and additional sidings for Exley & Co’s traffic at a total cost of £4,062.[1] The signal box was a GWRGreat Western Railway Type 5The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of 3000 bhp or more 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,[1] and for that reason a two-lever ground frame, locked from the signal box, worked the loop points and FPLFacing Point Lock, equipment that physically locks points so that they cannot move. 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.[1]

On 27 May 1903, approval was given for an additional bedroom for the Stationmaster’s house at a cost of £84.[1]

The ground frame at the north end of the passing loop was removed and replaced by motorised points around 1930.[1]

The station closed to passengers from 9 September 1963. The signal box was closed on 2 December 1963 after 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.[2]

Coalport passing loop operating instructions

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.


Traffic statistics

GWR Traffic statistics for Coalport, selected years prior to 1939[3]
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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Marshall (1989) p. 108.
  2. Rightmove.co.uk retrieved 1 August 2017
  3. Nabarro (1971) p. 55.