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Lawley Bank railway station

Not to be confused with Lawley Village railway station.

Lawley Bank
Site of Lawley Bank
General information
LocationLawley, Telford and Wrekin
England
Coordinates52°40′31″N 2°28′51″W / 52.6753°N 2.4809°W / 52.6753; -2.4809
Grid referenceSJ675087
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWellington and Severn Junction Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
2 May 1859Opened[1]
1962Closed

Lawley Bank was a railway station that served the village of Lawley in Shropshire, England.[2]

History

Opened on the 2nd May 1859 on the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway,[3] 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.[4] The station was also a single platform stop.[5]

Closure

The line between Wellington and Horsehay and Dawley was closed to passengers in 1962[6] 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.

Present Day

Following closure of the station and line. The site was left abandoned along with the trackbed until the building of Birchfield Way and the Lawley Village Primary Academy School.[7] As well as some residential properties in the late 2010's. This saw complete redevelopment of the site of the station and the former railway line between New Dale Halt and Heath Hill Tunnel.[8] Nothing remains of the station today. In 2015, a new railway station was opened named Lawley Village on the Telford Steam Railway.[9] This is located a short distance to the south of the former station.

References

  1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 270
  2. ^ Oliver, Henry (1894). Hand-book and Appendix of Stations, Junctions, Sidings, Collieries, &c., on the Railways in United Kingdom.
  3. ^ Bradshaw, George (1862). Bradshaw's monthly railway and steam navigation guide.
  4. ^ "Lawley Common trail - Lawley and Overdale Parish Council". 1 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  5. ^ Farnworth, Roger (7 July 2022). "Lawley". Roger Farnworth. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  6. ^ Page, William (1985). The Victoria History of Shropshire. A. Constable and Company. ISBN 978-0-19-722763-3.
  7. ^ "History". www.lawleyvillageacademy.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  8. ^ Moore, Alex (20 May 2021). "Legal worries over major Lawley development approval". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Phase One - Lawley Village". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Craven Arms to Wellington. Middleton Press. figs. 95-97. ISBN 9781906008338. OCLC 750867075.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
New Dale Halt
Line and station closed 		  Great Western Railway
Wellington to Craven Arms Railway 		  Horsehay and Dawley
Line and station open
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawley_Bank_railway_station