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Cound Halt was an unstaffed railway station on the Severn Valley line in Shropshire, England. It opened on 4 August 1934 and although thought by some people to have been closed as part of the
Beeching axe The Beeching cuts, also colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s. They are named ...
in 1963 its planned closure pre-dated his report. The site of the station is now occupied by the beer garden of the adjacent Riverside Inn pub.


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* Beeching closures in England Disused railway stations in Shropshire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1934 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1963 {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub