Lawley Village railway station
Lawley Village | |
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| Station on heritage railway | |
 The platform at Lawley Village and waiting shelter | |
| General information | |
| Location | Lawley, Telford and Wrekin England |
| Coordinates | 52°40′18″N 2°28′48″W / 52.6716°N 2.4799°W |
| Grid reference | SJ676083 |
| Managed by | Telford Steam Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Key dates | |
| May 1859 | Lawley Bank opened on the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway[1] |
| 1962 | Lawley Bank and line between Wellington and Lightmoor Junction closed |
| 1976 | Telford Steam Railway is formed |
| 2008 | Lawley Extension work begins |
| 2015 | Lawley Village opens |
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Lawley Village is a heritage railway station on the Telford Steam Railway in the village of Lawley,[2][3] near the town of Telford in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England.[4] It has no station buildings and is a single platform with a passenger shelter. Work began on the station in 2005 and it was officially opened a decade later in 2015.[5]
History
[edit]The line the station was opened on formerly connected Wellington to Craven Arms via Buildwas. The line opened as the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway in 1859 and ran to Lightmoor Junction where it connected with the line to Ironbridge Power Station. The original station was Lawley Bank located a short distance to the north of the modern day station.[6] That station closed in 1962 and the line shortly after in 1964. The line was then reopened in 1976 as part of the Telford Steam Railway.
Building of the station
[edit]The Telford Steam Railway originally worked towards restoring the Grade II listed Heath Hill Tunnel for use.[7] After completing the works needed on the tunnel and relaying the tracks through it,[8] a new station was planned for a site near the former trackbed towards Wellington. The station, named Lawley Village, was built in 2015 as the northern terminus of the line from Horsehay and Dawley and Spring Village stations.[9][10]
Present day
[edit]The station is the northern terminus of the Telford Steam Railway.[11] It is hoped that the line can be extended southwards from Horsehay to the site of Ironbridge power station. This would see new stations opened at Doseley,[12] Lightmoor,[13] Coalbrookdale[14] and close to Buildwas for Ironbridge,[15] including proposals for a park and ride with passenger services between Ironbridge and Birmingham New Street.[16]
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways
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Following station | ||
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| Terminus | Telford Steam Railway | Horsehay and Dawley or Spring Village | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 242
- ^ "Phase One - Lawley Village". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ Brown, Jonathan (30 June 2017). The Railway Preservation Revolution: A History of Britain's Heritage Railways. Casemate Publishers. p. 1912. ISBN 978-1-4738-9119-7. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Telford Steam Railway - Lawley is open for business". RMweb. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ Hardiman, Deborah (11 October 2018). "Telford Steam Railway consults on Ironbridge Power Station site plan". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ Farnworth, Roger (7 July 2022). "The Railways of Telford – the Wellington to Severn Junction Railway (W&SJR) – Part 1 – Wellington to Horsehay". Roger Farnworth. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "DISUSED RAILWAY TUNNEL UNDER DAWLEY TO WELLINGTON ROAD, Lawley and Overdale - 1257692 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Lawley Common trail - Lawley and Overdale Parish Council". 1 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ Hardiman, Deborah (13 August 2018). "Telford Steam Railway to extend its track in £400k move funded by Polar Express". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Telford Steam Railway". Day Out With The Kids. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ Green, Peter J. (9 November 2023). Rails From Shrewsbury: A Pictorial Journey, 1970s-2012. Pen and Sword Transport. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-3990-4272-7. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Phase Two - Doseley Halt". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Phase Three - Lightmoor". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Home". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Home". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ Growcott, Matthew (25 June 2018). "Call to reopen Ironbridge to Birmingham railway line". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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