Lawley Bank railway station
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England
Lawley Bank | |||||
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 Site of Lawley Bank | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Lawley, Telford and Wrekin England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°40′31″N 2°28′51″W / 52.6753°N 2.4809°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ 675 087 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Wellington and Severn Junction Railway[1] | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 2 May 1859 | Opened[2] | ||||
| 1962 | Closed | ||||
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Lawley Bank was a railway station[3] that served the continuous settlements[4] of Lawley Bank and Dawley Bank, in Shropshire, England.
Opened 2 May 1859 on the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway,[5] the station served the villages of Lawley and Dawley Bank. The station consisted of a simple setup which was similar to the other halts and stations along this line which included a booking office, waiting room, parcel storage and also a signal box with a level crossing on Station Road. There was also a small cross keepers cottage near the station.[6] The station was also a single platform stop.[7]
Closure
The line between Wellington and Horsehay and Dawley was closed to passengers in 1962[8] and later to freight in 1964. This left the stub between Horsehay and Dawley and Lightmoor Junction to continue to be used by freight services until 1983. This section was later leased to the then-newly formed Telford Steam Railway. They reopened the station at Horsehay and Dawley and also built a new one adjacent to the station called Spring Village.
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