Woofferton | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Woofferton, Shropshire |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.3111°N -2.7136°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 3 |
Original: | Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway |
Pregroup: | Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway |
Postgroup: | Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway |
Events: | Station opened |
Events1: | Station closed |
Woofferton was a railway station and junction near Woofferton, Shropshire, England. It was where the Tenbury Railway joined the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (S&HR).
The station opened on 6 December 1853, as part of the southern extension of the S&HR from to . It became a junction station in August 1861, when the Tenbury Railway (operated by the S&HR) opened a five-mile branch line.
In August 1864, the Great Western Railway-operated Tenbury and Bewdley Railway opened, completing the Wyre Forest Line to . In 1889, a bay platform, known as the Back Platform, was added to serve the Wyre Forest Line; this was accessed via two diamond crossings in the main lines and continued in use until being removed in 1957.[1]
The station closed on 31 July 1961,[2] the same date as the closure of the former Tenbury Railway.
The line through the station, the Welsh Marches Line, remains in use.