Rednal & West Felton | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Rednal & West Felton, Shropshire |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.8413°N -2.9607°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Great Western Railway |
Years: | 1848 |
Events: | Station opens as Rednal |
Years1: | 16 Oct 1907 |
Events1: | Re-named Rednal & West Felton |
Years2: | 12 Sep 1960 |
Events2: | Closed to passengers |
Years3: | 7 Oct 1963 |
Events3: | Closed to goods [1] |
Rednal & West Felton railway station was a minor station on the GWR's Paddington to Birkenhead main line. Today, this is part of the Shrewsbury to Chester line. The distinctive red brick station building (now a private house) can still be seen on the west side of the line.
Express trains did not call at Rednal & West Felton, only local services.On 7 June 1865, it was the site of a rail crash which killed 13 and injured 30. The driver of a heavy excursion train from Birkenhead to Shrewsbury failed to see a warning flag for track maintenance approaching the station and derailed.[2]
See main article: Rednal rail crash.
According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H & C and there was a three-ton crane.[3]