Yorton railway station serves the villages of
Yorton and
Clive 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 ...
,
England
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. It is 7ΒΌ miles (11.5 km) north of
Shrewsbury on the
Welsh Marches Line towards
Crewe. It has two platforms and dates from 1858. Trains only stop here
upon request.
The station was designated for the axe in
Dr Beeching's "The Reshaping of British Railways" in the 1960s; however it was ultimately saved.
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and has no ticket provision (so these must be bought on the train or in advance); the old buildings still stand but are now privately owned. There are shelters on both sides and train running information is provided via CIS displays, a customer help point on platform 1, a payphone on platform 2 and timetable poster boards. Step-free access is available only on the southbound platform.
Services
Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly service from Yorton southbound to
Shrewsbury and northbound to
Crewe. Two of these in each direction (weekdays only) run to/from Swansea via the
Heart of Wales Line
The Heart of Wales line ( cy, Llinell Calon Cymru) is a railway line running from Craven Arms in Shropshire to Llanelli in southwest Wales. It serves a number of rural centres, including the nineteenth-century spa towns Llandrindod Wells, Lla ...
. Some early morning and late evening express services between
Manchester Piccadilly and
Cardiff Central also call here.
[GB eNRT December 2018 Edition, Table 131] On Sundays, Yorton is served by five trains in each direction, most starting from or finishing at Manchester Piccadilly or Cardiff Central. A normal weekday service operates on most Bank holidays.
All trains that stop here only do so on
request. This means that any passengers wishing to alight at the station must inform the
conductor on the train to arrange with the driver for the train to stop. Any passengers wishing to get on at the station must make their intent clear to the driver.
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Railway stations in Shropshire
DfT Category F2 stations
Former London and North Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1858
Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail
Railway request stops in Great Britain
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