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[[File:Linley-41202-1962-10-17.jpg|200px300px|thumb|Ex-LMS 41202 with a Southbound train in October 1962 ([[Sellick Collection]])]][[File:Linley-41202-1963-08-31.jpg|200px300px|thumb|The same locomotive a year later in August 1963, this time running Northbound ([[Sellick Collection]])]][[File:Linley Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 548773.jpg|200px|thumb|Linley Station in 2007]] 

Linley Station was located 22½ miles from Hartlebury and 18¼ miles from Shrewsbury. The Severn Valley Railway passes through the Apley Park estate, owned at the time of the line’s construction by Thomas C Whitmore. Whitmore opposed the construction, and one of his conditions to which the Severn Valley Railway Company had to accede was the provision of a station at which at least two trains per day in each direction could be stopped on request. Linley Station, built to meet this condition, had no public access.

Following closure ==Construction==The Severn Valley Railway passes through the Apley Park estate, owned at the time of the line’s construction by Thomas C Whitmore. Although his property was located on the opposite bank of the [[River Severn]], Whitmore opposed the Railway's construction as "''utterly anihilating the privacy and seclusion of the said, mansion, house, park and grounds''", to the extent that the route authorised by the original Severn Valley Railway Act of 1853 included running the line through tunnels under the estate. Negotiations to reduce the cost of the line resulted in a revised route not including tunnels, authorised in 1962the second Severn Valley Railway Act of 1855.<ref name=marshall>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] pp. 31-36.</ref> To achieve this the Severn Valley Railway Company paid Whitmore £14, 000 in compensation as well as £150 per acre for the land purchased, and in addition were required to provide a station was converted at which at least two trains per day in each direction could be stopped on request. Linley Station, built to a private housemeet this condition, had no public access.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (1998)]] p. 49.</ref>

After the Railway opened, Whitmore cut down a number of tress so that he could have a better view of passing trains. However he died on 13 March 1865, aged only 58.<ref name=marshall/><br clear="all"/>=Sources=Closure==[[File:Linley Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 548773.jpg|300px|thumb|Linley Station in 2007]]The Severn Valley Railwaystation had a goods siding which was closed on 10 September 1951, John and the station was officially reduced to the status of a halt at the same time.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall(1989)]] p. 107.<br/ref>Severn Valley Railway, A View from the Past, MA Vanns