Abbey Foregate railway station
- Abbey Foregate railway station
Infobox UK disused station
name = Abbey Foregate
caption =
locale = Shrewsbury
borough = Shropshire
line = Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway
manager = Great Western Railway
owner = GWR
owner = N / A
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = June 1 1849
events = Station opens
years1 = c. 1900
events1 = Station renamed Abbey Foregate Platform
years2 = September 30 1912
events2 = Station closes
Abbey Foregate railway station was a station in the English county of Shropshire. It was located south of Shrewsbury station, to the east of Severn Bridge Junction.
History
Opened by the Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway in 1849, the station name was changed to Abbey Foregate Platform around 1900. Becoming part of the Great Western Railway, it closed to passengers in 1912.
ee also
*Shrewsbury Abbey (railway station)
References
*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1
*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0
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