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[[File:Ironbridge-Southbound-Passenger-1961-08-01.jpg|thumb|200px|An Eastbound passenger train calls at Iron Bridge and Broseley in August 1961]]
Ironbridge and Broseley, re-named "Iron Bridge and Broseley" in 1895 and often abbreviated to simply "Ironbridge", was a station situated 27 miles from [[Hartlebury ]] and 13¾ miles from [[Shrewsbury]]. The station was built on the west bank of the Severn, immediately south of Abraham Darby’s bridge after which the town was named. 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. 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. Nearby Coalbrookdale, also on the north bank, had its own station on the Wellington-Much Wenlock line.
At opening on 1 February 1862, the station was the second of five crossing points south of Shrewsbury ([[Buildwas]] being the first and [[Bridgnorth]] the next).
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