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On 8 June 1862 a porter at Linley left the The station a little before midday, having confirmed to the station-master that he would return 'before train time' (5:30pm). In the event he did not return until the following Wednesday morning. He was brought before the South Shropshire Magistrates charged with having "''absented himself originally accessed from the employment of the West Midland Railway Company, without having previously obtained leave or given the required 14 days’ notice''"Hall via a ferry. The Bench said the prisoner had rendered himself liable to suffer two months' imprisonment with hard labour, or In 1905 a penalty of £10. However they had power to mitigate the penalty, and he suspension bridge was to pay a fine built by David Rowell & Co of £1 or go to prison for 14 days.Westminster<refname=marshall/>Wellington Journal 28 June 1862, reported in [http://www.broseley.org.uk/Papers/Broseley%201862.pdf Broseley Papers]</ref>
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Despite his initial opposition to the railway, Whitmore cut down a number of trees after the railway opened in 1862, so that he could have a better view of passing trains. However he died on 13 March 1865, aged only 58<ref name=marshall/> (expectancy would have been about 70).<ref>[http://www.jbending.org.uk/stats3.htm Life Expectancy in years at various ages, by decade] (Retrieved 1 May 2019)</ref>
==Staff records==The first description of ‘Station Inspector’ in GWR records is in 1890. A press report from 1862<ref>Wellington Journal 28 June 1862, reported in [http://www.broseley.org.uk/Papers/Broseley%201862.pdf Broseley Papers]</ref> and Census data from 1871 onwards show that the booking constable or booking porter was described as station was originally accessed master. George Bramwell (booking constable from August 1863 to his death in January 1864) may therefore also have supervised the Hall via station. {| class="wikitable |+ Station Masters at Linley|-!Name!!Born !! data-sort-type="date" | From !! data-sort-type="date" | To !! Comments|-|Edgar Richards|| || data-sort-value="1/1/1864" | January 1864|| data-sort-value="1/9/1864" | September 1864 || Booking Constable, recorded in the 28 June 1862 Wellington Journal as station master.<ref group="note">On 8 June 1862 an unnamed porter left the station a ferrylittle before midday, having confirmed to the Richards, identified as the 'station-master', that he would return 'before train time' (5.30pm). In 1905 the event he did not return until the following Wednesday morning. He was brought before the South Shropshire Magistrates charged with having "''absented himself from the employment of the West Midland Railway Company, without having previously obtained leave or given the required 14 days’ notice''". The Bench said the prisoner had rendered himself liable to suffer two months' imprisonment with hard labour, or a suspension bridge penalty of £10. However they had power to mitigate the penalty, and he was built by David Rowell & Co to pay a fine of Westminster£1 or go to prison for 14 days. Staff records show Richards was dismissed in September 1864,though it is not known if this was related.</ref name>|-|Joseph Pugh|| 28 September 1830 Stoke Prior, Worcestershire|| data-sort-value="1/8/1864" | August 1864|| data-sort-value="1/5/1880" | May 1880 || Booking Porter, recorded in the 1871 census as station master. Later station inspector at [[Arley]].|-|Edwin Lane||7 June 1853 Twyning, Gloucestershire|| data-sort-value="1/1/1886" | January 1886|| data-sort-value="2/1/1887" | January 1887 || Booking Porter. Previously employed at [[Hartlebury]] and [[Bewdley]], later station inspector at [[Cressage]]. |-|George Cole||27 May 1844 Ledbury, Herefordshire|| data-sort-value="2/1/1887" | January 1887|| data-sort-value="1/11/1904" | November 1904 || Booking Porter from 1887, then station inspector (1890) and station master (1897). Retired 1904.|-|John Thomas||11 July 1865 Buildwas, Shropshire|| data-sort-value="1/12/1907" | December 1907|| data-sort-value=marshall"12/12/>1910" | December 1910 || Previously employed at [[Buildwas]] and [[Hampton Loade]], later station master at [[Coalport]].|-|James Thomas Batchelor||31 January 1881 Newland Green, Worcestershire|| data-sort-value="1/12/1910" | December 1910|| data-sort-value="1/8/1912" | August 1912 || Previously employed at Hartlebury, [[Kidderminster]] and Bewdley. Dismissed - irregularities in cash.|-|Arthur Richard Emson||1865 Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire|| data-sort-value="1/1/1917" | By 1917|| data-sort-value="19/6/1921" | After 1921 || Previously employed at [[Stourport]] and Hartlebury|-|}
[[SVR staff in 1922#Severn Valley Railway (North of Bridgnorth)|GWR staff records for 1922]] show the station had a station master but no other staff.
==Traffic statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Traffic statistics|GWR Traffic statisticsin commercial service]] for Linley, selected years prior 1903 to 1939<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Nabarro (1971)]] p. 55.</ref>1942
|-
! !! colspan="3" | Passenger Traffic !! colspan="2" | Freight Traffic !!
|-
|1938||style="text-align:right"|3,750||style="text-align:right"|722||style="text-align:right"|263||style="text-align:right"|454||style="text-align:right"|201||style="text-align:right"|464
|-
|1942||style="text-align:right"|0||style="text-align:right"|335||style="text-align:right"|14||style="text-align:right"|211||style="text-align:right"|X||style="text-align:right"|X
|-
|}
X: Not recorded. After 1942, all data was recorded under Bridgnorth.
==Closure==
*[[Maps#Schematic maps of the pre-closure SVR | Pre-1963 map]]
*[[Shropshire Historic Environment Record]]
==Notes==
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==References==
Station master records supplied by Chris Haynes from GWR staff records and census data.
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