Madeley Market railway station is a disused railway station in
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...
,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
.
The station was opened by the
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom.
In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lo ...
in 1861 on the company's
Coalport Branch Line
The Coalport branch line was a standard gauge London and North Western Railway branch line in Shropshire, England, which ran between Hadley Junction near Oakengates on the Stafford to Shrewsbury line and a terminus at Coalport East railway sta ...
to serve the town of
Madeley, Shropshire
Madeley is a constituent town and civil parish in Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. The parish had a population of 17,935 at the 2001 census.
Madeley is recorded in the Domesday Book, having been founded before the 8th century. Histo ...
. It closed to passengers in 1952, and to freight on 5 December 1960.
[Railway Magazine January 1960 p. 64]
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Geograph Madeley Market Station
Disused railway stations in Shropshire
Former London and North Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1861
1861 establishments in England
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