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::::The part about "trains can not be crossed at Eardington" refers only to signalling, rather than the station's status -- whilst there was (is) a siding, it cannot be used to shunt one train whilst another passes. Is there a different between being downgraded to a request stop and to a halt? In my mind, the two have always been synonymous, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was some subtlety. For the official name, I guess there is the fact that the SVR currently refers to it as "Eardington Halt" on the website... --[[User:Danny252|Danny252]] ([[User talk:Danny252|talk]]) 13:49, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
: The Latest SVR Souvenir Guide refers to the station as 'Eardington' and states that it "''...was reduced to unstaffed status (although never deemed a 'Halt') after 1 April 1949.''" It also states that Eardington was ''"deemed a 'Halt'"'' in its 'second life', although I don't know to what extent that was put into practice. The SVR guides for 1972/73 and 1980 both used 'Eardington', as does the running in board to this day. --[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 14:58, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
::This doesn't really add anything new to the debate, but I thought it worth mentioning that we now have an example of the [[Media:Timetable Shrewsbury to Worcester 1953.jpg | 1953 timetable]] which lists it as Eardington Halt.
==Was Eardington actually renamed before preservation?==
: On the first point, I have a suspicion that this must have been an error. I'm not aware of HL losing its station master, and can't see why Highley would have "hopped over" Hampton Loade to take responsibility for it if HL did still have an SM. --[[User:Danny252|Danny252]] ([[User talk:Danny252|talk]]) 09:50, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
==Crossing==
Any idea what the crossing was for which the station had a 'Gatewoman, Crossing, 16 hours' in [[SVR staff in 1922#Severn_Valley_Railway_.28Kidderminster_to_Bridgnorth.29|1922]]?--[[User:Patrick Hearn|Patrick Hearn]] ([[User talk:Patrick Hearn|talk]]) 07:16, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
==Goods Lock Up==
A [https://www.facebook.com/111506607237661/photos/pb.100066631855473.-2207520000/170624984659156/?type=3 photo dated to 1954 and published in 2020 on the Eardington FB site] seems to show recent evidence of a removed building in the position described. It's supposition, but I suspect that might narrow down the removal date. I was looking for an earlier image to show it in situ, but haven't yet found one.--[[User:Patrick Hearn|Patrick Hearn]] ([[User talk:Patrick Hearn|talk]]) 17:25, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
:Another image in this [https://www.facebook.com/111506607237661/photos/pb.100066631855473.-2207520000/534099424978375/?type=3 1959 shot], referencing the Goods Lock Up area--[[User:Patrick Hearn|Patrick Hearn]] ([[User talk:Patrick Hearn|talk]]) 10:12, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
::Useful, thanks. I've also not found a photo with the Lock Up in situ. It wasn't present in a photograph taken circa 1910 in [[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (1998) p.58]] and [[Bibliography#Books|Mitchell and Smith (2007) fig.61]] so the installation post-dated that. The same photo appears to show the running in board closer to the station building than later photos, so it was presumably moved to allow space for the Lock Up. The 1954 photo probably helps confirm the removal as some time after the station became unstaffed in 1949. --[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 12:19, 23 April 2024 (UTC)