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== Severn Valley Line ==
Shrewsbury was the Northernmost station on the Severn Valley Line until the cessation of passenger services between [[Bewdley]] and Shrewsbury and closure of the line North of [[Alveley Colliery]] in 1963. The SVR line diverged from the Shrewsbury-[[Hereford]] line at [[Sutton Bridge Junction]], which still exists today as the junction for the former Cambrian Railways line to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli <ref name="semaphores">David J. Parker, "Under the Semaphores at Shrewsbury, 1987-1994". Blurb Books.</ref>. Severn Valley line services generally used the now-closed bay platforms 1 and 2 at Shrewsbury station.
A short stub of the SVR was kept open until July 1988, in order to service an oil depot on the site the Shropshire and Montgomery railway's Shrewsbury Abbey station, a connection to the depot being built in 1960<ref name="semaphores" />.
