Whittington High Level railway station is one of two former

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in the village of

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, England.

History

Whittington High Level railway station was opened as plain "Whittington" by the

Cambrian Railways The Cambrian Railways owned of track over a large area of mid Wales. The system was an amalgamation of a number of railways that were incorporated in 1864, 1865 and 1904. The Cambrian connected with two larger railways with connections to the ...

, on their single-track

Oswestry Oswestry ( ; ) is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads. The town was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of ...

to Whitchurch line. The

Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway The Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway was a railway company that constructed a line from Whitchurch via Ellesmere to Oswestry. Most of the line was in Shropshire but part entered Flintshire, now Wrexham County Borough. It was seen as ...

were in the process of building the station when the company was absorbed into the newly created

in 1864. The Cambrian itself was incorporated into the GWR at the

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of 1923. In 1948 both of Whittington's lines and stations became part of the

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. In 1924 the two "Whittington" stations in the village were renamed. This station gained the suffix "High Level" and its neighbour on the GWR's

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main line became . The line was generally single track with passing loops, one of which was at Whittington High Level station, which was on an embankment. The platforms, station buildings and signalbox were made of wood. The station was damaged by fire in 1958.Whittington High Level: via ''disused-stations''
/ref> The line and station have been demolished.

Passenger services

In 1922 passenger services calling at Whittington High Level were at their most intensive, with trains serving several long-distance destinations as well as locals plying between Whitchurch and Oswestry: * On Sundays just one Down train called: ** the overnight Euston to via Whitchurch departed from Whittington High Level at 03:15. Passengers for Aberystwyth would have ample opportunity to catch up on their sleep as it did not arrive there until 09:25. The return left Aberystwyth at 18:10, arriving at Whittington at 21:28. * On Mondays to Saturdays seven Down trains called: **three through trains to Aberystwyth, one of which contained through carriages from

. **two locals to Oswestry, plus one "Motor Car" service; whether this was on road or rail is unclear **one stopping service to ** these were all balanced by Up workings.

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