Whittington Low Level railway station is a disused station and was one of two former

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in the village of

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, England.

History

Whittington Low Level was a minor station on the GWR's

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main line. Today this is part of the

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. An automatic

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lies just to the north of the old station site. In 1924 Whittington gained its "Low Level" suffix in order to distinguish it from Whittington High Level on the

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to Whitchurch line of the

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Historical services

Express trains did not call at Whittington Low Level, only local services, though some travelled long distances and most gave good connections to places such as , and . In 1922 passenger services calling at Whittington Low Level were at their most intensive: * On Sundays two Down (northbound) trains called: ** both called at most stations to , with good onward connections to several northern cities. ** they were balanced by two Up (southbound) services calling at many stations to , taking nearly three hours. * On Mondays to Saturdays five Down trains called: ** three stopping trains to , and ** two stopping trains which continued beyond Wrexham to Chester. ** there were only four Up workings, three to Shrewsbury and one going through to Birmingham Snow Hill. Local goods traffic remained significant until the expansion in road haulage from the 1950s. According to the

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the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, H & C and there was a one-ton crane.

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