Whittington High Level | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Whittington, Shropshire |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.8758°N -3.0091°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Cambrian Railways |
Pregroup: | Cambrian Railways |
Postgroup: | GWR Western Region of British Railways |
Years: | 27 July 1864 |
Events: | Station opened as "Whittington" |
Years1: | 1 Jul 1924 |
Events1: | Renamed "Whittington High Level" |
Years2: | October 1937 |
Events2: | Closed to goods |
Years3: | 4 January 1960 |
Events3: | Closed completely |
Years4: | 1963 |
Events4: | Line transferred to London Midland Region of British Railways |
Years5: | 18 January 1965 |
Events5: | Line closed |
Whittington High Level railway station is one of two former railway stations in the village of Whittington, Shropshire, England.
Whittington High Level railway station was opened as plain "Whittington" by the Cambrian Railways, on their single-track Oswestry to Whitchurch line. The Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway were in the process of building the station when the company was absorbed into the newly created Cambrian Railways in 1864. The Cambrian itself was incorporated into the GWR at the grouping of 1923. In 1948 both of Whittington's lines and stations became part of the Western Region of British Railways.
In 1924 the two "Whittington" stations in the village were renamed. This station gained the suffix "High Level" and its neighbour on the GWR's Paddington to Birkenhead main line became .
The line was generally single track with passing loops, one of which was at Whittington High Level station, which was on an embankment. The platforms, station buildings and signalbox were made of wood. The station was damaged by fire in 1958.[1]
The line and station have been demolished.
In 1922 passenger services calling at Whittington High Level were at their most intensive, with trains serving several long-distance destinations as well as locals plying between Whitchurch and Oswestry: