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Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, situated on the River Severn. Shrewsbury station, formerly known as 'Shrewsbury General', is a major junction between various [[Great Western Railway|GWR]] and [[LNWR]] routes, and was the Northern terminus of the [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership|Severn Valley Railway]], which connected it to [[Bridgnorth]], [[Bewdley]] and [[Hartlebury]]<ref>[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrewsbury_railway_station Wikipedia - Shrewsbury Railway Station]</ref>.

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 <refname="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>David J. Parker, name="Under the Semaphores at Shrewsbury, 1987-1994semaphores". Blurb Books.</ref>.