Woofferton railway station

52°18′40″N 2°42′49″W / 52.3111°N 2.7136°W / 52.3111; -2.7136Grid referenceSO514683Platforms3Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyShrewsbury and Hereford RailwayPre-groupingShrewsbury and Hereford RailwayPost-groupingShrewsbury and Hereford RailwayKey dates6 December 1853 (1853-12-06)Station opened31 July 1961 (1961-07-31)Station closed

Woofferton railway station was a station and railway junction near Woofferton, Shropshire, England, where the Tenbury Railway joined the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (S&HR).

The station opened on 6 December 1853 as part of the southern extension of the S&HR from Ludlow to Hereford. It became a junction station in August 1861 when the Tenbury Railway (operated by the S&HR) opened a 5-mile branch line. In August 1864 the GWR-operated Tenbury and Bewdley Railway opened, completing the 'Wyre Forest Line' to Bewdley. In 1889 a bay platform, known as the "Back Platform", was added to serve the Wyre Forest Line. This was accessed via two diamond crossings in the main lines and continued in use until being removed in 1957.^[1]

The station closed on 31 July 1961,^[2] the same date as the closure of the former Tenbury Railway. The line through the station, the Welsh Marches Line, remains in use.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Berrington and Eye Line open, station closed		Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Welsh Marches Line		Ashford Bowdler Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Terminus		Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Tenbury Railway		Easton Court Line and station closed

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Cleobury Mortimer. Middleton Press. figs. 10-11. ISBN 9781906008185. OCLC 176923876.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Ludlow to Hereford. Middleton Press. figs. 8-18. ISBN 9781906008147. OCLC 258060509.