Hampton Loade

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Hampton Loade station

Hampton Loade station has two platforms and a signal box, allowing trains travelling in opposite directions to pass. The next stations in the Up direction towards Kidderminster are Country Park Halt and then Highley, and the next station in the Down direction is Bridgnorth, where the line terminates. During the early years of SVR operation (early 1970s) Hampton Loade formed the southern terminus. Evidence of this remains in the form of the presence of the down starting signal on platform 2, which is normally only used for up trains.

During periods of lighter traffic, when Hampton Loade signal box is switched out, all trains use platform 1, adjacent to the station house. In late 2014 the railway announced that as the station house had become vacant, plans were under way for it to be converted into SVR volunteers' accommodation.[1] However, this is still subject to final agreements and costings between SVR Holdings PLC and Hampton Loade Station Fund, and as such should not be considered a 'done deal' just yet.<ref>

The crossing loop at Hampton Loade is the shortest on the railway, only able to hold a loco and 8 full-length coaches.

Hampton Loade is the base for Barry Railway Carriage Trust who are restoring Barry Railway Carriage 163.

Photos at Hampton Loade, showing station buildings, signalbox etc.

See Also

Links

  1. SVR(H) notice board issue NBI-H-194 "October-December 2014 Round Up", published on SVRLive.