Spring Village railway station
Spring Village | |
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| Station on heritage railway | |
 Class 104 Diesel Multiple Unit Motor Brake No. 50479 at Spring Village station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Horsehay, Telford and Wrekin England |
| Coordinates | 52°39′46″N 2°28′57″W / 52.6628°N 2.4826°W |
| Grid reference | SJ674073 |
| Managed by | Telford Steam Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Key dates | |
| May 1859 | Horsehay and Dawley station opened on the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway[1] |
| 1962 | Horsehay and Dawley and line between Wellington and Lightmoor Junction closed |
| 1976 | Telford Steam Railway is formed |
| 1984 | Spring Village opens |
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Spring Village is a heritage railway station[2] on the Telford Steam Railway in the village of Horsehay and the town of Dawley in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England.[3] It has multiple rolling stock sidings for the Telford Steam Railway, station buildings with a single platform with a passenger shelter and a crossing into an Engine shed on Pool Side. Work began on the station in 1976 and it was officially opened a decade later in 1984 when it was open to the public.[4] The station is adjacent to Horsehay and Dawley station [5]
The station is the official starting point of the Telford Steam Railway due to it being where the stock of the heritage railway is stored and maintained. The site occupies part of a former siding to a nearby Iron Works on the former Wellington to Craven Arms Railway. It is hoped that the line can be extended from Lawley to the site of Ironbridge power station. This would see new stations opened at Doseley,[6] Lightmoor,[7] Coalbrookdale[8] and close to Buildwas for Ironbridge[9] which includes proposals for a park and ride with passenger services between Ironbridge and Birmingham New Street.[10]
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways
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Following station | ||
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| Terminus | Telford Steam Railway | Lawley Village | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 242
- ^ "Our Stations". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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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