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Cressage railway station was a stop on the Severn Valley Railway; it served the village of
Cressage Cressage is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is located north-west of the nearest town Much Wenlock and south-east of Shrewsbury. It lies the junction of the A458 road, A458 and B4380 roads; the ...
in
Shropshire Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West M ...
, England.


History

The station opened on 1 February 1862, with a single platform and a siding. By 1898, it had acquired an additional platform along with a signal box; the sidings had been expanded. The station was listed in the Beeching Report as a "passenger station already under consideration for closure before the formulation of the report." It closed on 9 September 1963.


The site today

The station building is now a private residence and has been extended.


References


Further reading

* Disused railway stations in Shropshire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1963 1862 establishments in England {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub