Woofferton railway station

Woofferton
Woofferton station (disused). The junction was just beyond the station, to the right
General information
Location	Woofferton, Shropshire England
Coordinates	52°18′40″N 2°42′49″W / 52.3111°N 2.7136°W / 52.3111; -2.7136
Grid reference	SO514683
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Pre-grouping	Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Post-grouping	Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Key dates
6 December 1853 (1853-12-06)	Station opened
31 July 1961 (1961-07-31)	Station closed
Location

Woofferton was a railway station and junction near Woofferton, Shropshire, England. It was 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 five-mile branch line. to Tenbury, operated by the GWR.^[1][2] Then on 13th August 1864, the Great Western Railway-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.^[3]

The station closed on 31st July 1961,^[4] the same date as the closure of the former Tenbury Railway. The platforms were subsequently demolished although some buildings remain.

The line through the station, the Welsh Marches Line, remains in use.

• 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.