Leaton railway station explained

Leaton
Status:Disused
Borough:Leaton, Shropshire
Country:England
Coordinates:52.7638°N -2.7811°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:12 October 1848
Events:Station opens
Years1:12 September 1960
Events1:Closed to passengers
Years2:15 Mar 1965
Events2:Closed to goods [1]

Leaton railway station was a minor station located about six miles north of Shrewsbury on the GWR's Paddington to Birkenhead main line. Today this is part of the Shrewsbury to Chester line. It was at the top of the long climb up Hencote bank out of Shrewsbury. The station opened on 12 October 1848 and closed on 12 September 1960.[2] The station building (now a private house) can still be seen on the north side of the adjacent Leaton level crossing on the east side of the line. A small industrial estate now exists at the former railway sidings.

Historical services

Express trains did not call at Leaton, only local services. It closed to passenger traffic in 1960.

According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P & L, and there was no crane.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia
  2. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory of Railway Stations . 1995 . Patrick Stephens Ltd . Yeovil . 1-85260-508-1 . R508 . 140 .
  3. 1956, Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission