Neen Sollars railway station was a station on the
Tenbury & Bewdley railway
The Tenbury and Bewdley Railway was an English railway company that built its line from Bewdley in Worcestershire to Tenbury station, which was in Shropshire. The line connected the Severn Valley Railway at Bewdley with the Tenbury Railway at Tenb ...
in
Neen Sollars
Neen Sollars is a village and civil parish in south east Shropshire, England.
It is situated close to the border with Worcestershire, three miles south of the small market town of Cleobury Mortimer. Other large local centres of population inclu ...
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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. The station opened on 13 August 1864.
A second staggered platform was opened in 1878, reached via a board crossing. This platform was taken out of use on 22 August 1954, the same date on which the station's signal box closed. The station became unstaffed in July 1961
and closed for passenger use on 1 August 1962,
[ although goods traffic continued until January 1964.][
Although its station building survives much of its distinctive character is lost as a result of many of its original 1864 William Clarke architectural features having been removed.
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References
Further reading
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External links
The Woofferton and Tenbury Line
* ttp://www.miac.org.uk/severnvalleyline.htm Severn Valley Railway
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962
Disused railway stations in Shropshire
Former Great Western Railway stations
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