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Ironbridge, like all the stations north of [[Victoria Bridge]], was built on the west bank of the [[River Severn]]. The river runs almost due east-west at Ironbridge, and thus the station was situated on what was effectively the south bank, immediately south of Abraham Darby’s bridge after which the town was named. The Gorge is very narrow at this point, and much of the station lay on an embankment and plateau supported by a 15 metre high retaining wall.<ref name = "Vanns38">[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (1998/2013)]] p. 38.</ref>
The station was probably used more by the people of Broseley, situated about ½ mile away on the same side of the river, and the site of tile and clay pipe making industries. The 1861 census showed the population of Broseley as 4,724, larger than Ironbridge (3,154). Ironbridge town itself is on the north bank, and crossing the bridge required payment of a toll until 1950, a fact that undoubtedly discouraged passengers from Ironbridge using the station.<ref name = "Vanns38" /> Nearby [[Coalbrookdale]], also on the north bank, had its own station on the Wellington-Much Wenlock line.
[[File:OS Map IronBridge.JPG | 500px]]
The site today has become a pay and display car park for Ironbridge visitors, with few traces of the station remaining.
==Traffic statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Traffic statistics|GWR Traffic statistics]] for Ironbridge, selected years prior to 1939<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Nabarro (1971)]] p. 55.</ref>
|-
! !! colspan="3" | Passenger Traffic !! colspan="2" | Freight Traffic !!
|-
! Year !! Tickets issued !! Parcels despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Tons received & despatched !! Revenue (£) !! Total revenue (£)
|-
|1903||style="text-align:right"|29,845||style="text-align:right"|19,240||style="text-align:right"|3,314||style="text-align:right"|75,457||style="text-align:right"|24,895||style="text-align:right"|28,209
|-
|1913||style="text-align:right"|24,247||style="text-align:right"|19,681||style="text-align:right"|2,719||style="text-align:right"|65,253||style="text-align:right"|18,948||style="text-align:right"|21,667
|-
|1923||style="text-align:right"|32,384||style="text-align:right"|17,827||style="text-align:right"|4,742||style="text-align:right"|62,216||style="text-align:right"|29,153||style="text-align:right"|33,895
|-
|1933||style="text-align:right"|19,195||style="text-align:right"|21,354||style="text-align:right"|3,276||style="text-align:right"|40,780||style="text-align:right"|18,322||style="text-align:right"|21,596
|-
|1938||style="text-align:right"|23,637||style="text-align:right"|23,712||style="text-align:right"|3,151||style="text-align:right"|27,170||style="text-align:right"|11,969||style="text-align:right"|15,120
|-
|}
==Historic maps of Ironbridge and Broseley station==
*1883 map with original 1862 passing loops
*1902 map with 1894 signal box
*1927 map with additional goods siding
<gallery>
File: OS_Ironbridge_1883.JPG | 1883
File: OS_Ironbridge_1902.JPG | 1902
File: OS_Ironbridge_1927.JPG | 1927
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership# Map of the Route and Nearby Railways | The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership]]<br>*[[List of signal boxes#List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames | List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames]]<br>*[[Maps#Map 1 - Shrewsbury to Hartlebury | Pre-1965 Map]]*[[Shropshire Historic Environment Record]]
==References==
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