Shrewsbury

Location type

Major station

Names and dates

Shrewsbury (1849-1849)
Shrewsbury General (1849-1950)
Shrewsbury (1950-)

Station code: SHR National Rail
Where: English West Midlands, England
Opened on the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway and Shropshire Union and Canal Railway Joint.

Description

This is an important large five platform station located where a number of long distance lines meet. The station is on the north bank of the River Severn and north east of the town centre. There are three through platforms (nos 3, 4, 7) on the lines to the north and an additional two bay platforms at the south end (nos 5, 6). The Tudor-styled station building was by Thomas Mainwaring Penson.

To the north lines divide running
- north west to Chester via Wrexham - north to Crewe via Whitchurch.

At the south end is a triangular junction with lines running
- west to Aberystwyth and the Welsh Coast
- south via Abergavenny to Newport and South Wales (and the Central Wales Railway to Llanelli)
- east to Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street

Tags

Station




Nearby stations
Shrewsbury [Shrewsbury and Chester]
English Bridge
Shrewsbury Abbey
Abbey Foregate
Shrewsbury West
Meole Brace
Hookagate and Redhill
Red Hill [1st]
Edgebold
Cruckton
Upton Magna
Leaton
Hanwood
Condover
Berrington
Severn Bridge Junction
Crewe Junction
Shrewsbury Curve Junction South
Shrewsbury Curve Junction East
Sutton Bridge Junction
North Wales Junction
Meole Brace Junction
Sentinel Wagon Works
Cruckmeole Junction
Quarry
Creamery
Market Drayton Junction
Stafford Junction
Ketkey Junction
Presthope Tunnel
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Largest lever frame


Notable at the south end of the station is Severn Bridge Junction signal box which is the largest remaining in use lever frame box in Britain. The box is located at the northern apex of the triangular junction. (The western junction is English Bridge Junction and eastern Abbey Foregate Junction.)


Chronology Dates

01/01/1875Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
London and North Western Railway uses line for Shrewsbury to Newport Mill Street.

News items

23/08/2023Celebrating 175 years of the Chester to Shrewsbury line [Community Rail Network]
26/10/2022A new fleet of diesel trains has been launched in the West Midlands. [RAIL]
19/03/2022Government to look at Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury electrification 'as soon as possible' [Express and Star]
11/11/2021Hopes for new Baschurch railway station [BBC News]
26/08/2021Great British rail journeys to experience - from Penzance to the Far North Line [Metro]
25/05/2021£250,000 major refurbishment at worlds largest operating mechanical signal box [Network Rail]
16/09/2020Heart of Wales line to partially reopen in November as repairs following storm damage and freight derailment continue [Network Rail]
14/12/2014New Shrewsbury to London rail service begins [BBC News]
23/09/2014Blackpool and Shrewsbury direct rail services to London approved [BBC News]
18/01/2014Rail workers escape as train hits maintenance truck near Shrewsbury [Shropshire Star]