Oldwoods Halt railway station

Oldwoods Halt & Siding
Location
Place	Old Woods
Area	Shropshire
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
3 Jul 1933	Station opens
12 Sep 1960	Closed to passengers
6 Apr 1964	Closed to goods [1]
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Oldwoods Halt was a minor station located north of Shrewsbury on the GWR’s Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside main line. It was opened in the nineteen thirties as part of the GWR's halt construction programme, aimed at combatting growing competition from bus services. Today the route is part of the Shrewsbury to Chester line. Nothing now remains of the halt although the area of the adjacent goods siding/s can still be seen on the west side of the line.

Historical Services

Express train did not call at Oldwoods Halt, only local services.

According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G*, and there was a 15 cwt crane.^[2]

References

1. ^ Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN 0 905466 19 5
2. ^ 1956, Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Leaton		Great Western Railway Shrewsbury to Chester Line		Baschurch

External links

• Oldwoods Halt on navigable 1946 O.S. map

Coordinates: 52°46′41″N 2°48′37″W / 52.77798°N 2.81039°W / 52.77798; -2.81039