- Cosford railway station
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Cosford Location Place Cosford Local authority Shropshire Council Operations Station code COS Managed by London Midland Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 52,741 2005/06 * 44,582 2006/07 * 46,073 2007/08 * 59,523 2008/09 * 74,830 2009/10 * 84,988 History Opened 1849 National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cosford from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Cosford railway station is a two platform station on the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line serving Cosford in Shropshire, England. The station buildings at platform level are a little unusual compared with other stations on the line in that they are constructed entirely of timber. Nearby is DCAE Cosford which is also home of a branch of the Royal Air Force Museum.
The station is served by London Midland, who manage the station, and Arriva Trains Wales. Between 2008 and 2011 it was also served by the direct London operator, Wrexham and Shropshire.
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2011-12 reconstruction
The station will be closed to passengers from October 2011 until March 2012.[1] Costing 2.1 million pounds, Network Rail will be replacing the 1937 station buildings, as well as the platforms (which are constructed from century-old wood railway sleepers) and the stairs leading up to them.[2][3]
Signal box
The most recent Cosford signal box stood a little to the west of the station. As well as forming a block post this signal box controlled entrance and exit to up and down refuge loops and the previous rail connection into the adjacent RAF site from the up refuge loop. It has been abolished as a result of the 2006 resignalling scheme with control passing to Madeley Junction. Much of the redundant signalling equipment has been distributed to various heritage railways, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway is believed to have received the majority. This structure is thought to have been the last signal box constructed by the Great Western Railway in Shropshire. Much of the contents and structure of this 1939 constructed signalbox has been salvaged for reuse on another heritage railway. The remaining brickwork was demolished in the small hours of Sunday 21 October 2007. Remarkably, the signalman's portacabin style privy remains in-situ as of late August 2008. The advent of longer trains destined for Ironbridge Power Station has resulted in much reduced used of the refuge loops as they are too short to accommodate today's coal traffic
References
- ^ National Rail Engineering work at Cosford station from Saturday 29 October 2011 until March 2012
- ^ Shropshire Star £3.5 million revamp for Shropshire railway stations (13 October 2011)
- ^ BBC News Cosford railway station shut during £2.1m scheme work (13 October 2011)
External links
- Train times and station information for Cosford railway station from National Rail
Preceding station National Rail
Following station Albrighton Arriva Trains Wales
Birmingham - ChesterShifnal London Midland
Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury
Mondays-Saturdays onlyCoordinates: 52°38′41″N 2°18′00″W / 52.6448°N 2.3°W
National Rail stations Albrighton · Broome · Bucknell · Church Stretton · Cosford · Craven Arms · Gobowen · Hopton Heath · Knighton · Ludlow · Oakengates · Prees · Shifnal · Shrewsbury · Telford Central · Wellington · Wem · Whitchurch · Yorton
Severn Valley Railway stations Other heritage railway stations Llynclys South (Cambrian) · Horsehay & Dawley (Telford) · Spring Village (Telford)
Notable former stations Abbey Foregate · Baschurch · Market Drayton · Newport · Oswestry · Shrewsbury Abbey
Main article: Railways of Shropshire. Categories:- Railway stations in Shropshire
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1938
- Railway stations served by London Midland
- Railway stations served by Arriva Trains Wales
- DfT Category F2 stations
- Shropshire building and structure stubs
- West Midlands (region) railway station stubs
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