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When the line opened on 1 February 1862, Cressage had a single platform and a siding. As at neighbouring [[Berrington]], the station building and platform were located on the east of the line, the side furthest from the centre of population.<ref name=Vanns/> On 14 June 1893 the GWR authorised the construction of a second platform with a passing loop and signal box. The signal box was equipped with a 23-lever frame and a gate wheel to operate the four level crossing gates, while a two-lever ground frame, locked from the signal box, worked the loop points at the north end of the station. The second platform, which became the Down platform, had a small ‘waiting shed’. The Up platform was also extended, the total cost of these works being £671. They were brought into use on 14 July 1894 after being approved by the Board of Trade inspector Major Yorke.<ref name=Marshall>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 111.</ref>
The station master’s house was provided with an extra bedroom in 1901.<ref name = Vanns/><ref name=Marshall/> In the 1920s and 1930s the station had a staff of three.;<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Mitchell & Smith (2007)]] fig. 102.</ref>[[SVR staff in 1922#Severn Valley Railway (North of Bridgnorth)|GWR staff records for 1922]] show a total staff of 4 including two Porter Signalmen who would presumably have worked shifts.
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