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| The castle overlooks WMR 196 107 after its arrival from Birmingham New Street |
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| Type: | National Rail
(Welsh Marches Line, Heart of Wales Line, Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury Line) |
| Station code: | SHR |
| Opened: | 1848 |
| Platforms: | 5 |
The station was opened in 1848 by the Shrewsbury & Chester Railway. The station was later jointly operated by the Great Western and London North Western Railways and known as Shrewsbury United but changed to Shrewsbury General when it came under GWR control [1]. The station was enlarged in 1854, the early 1860s and between 1899 and 1903, the platforms extending over the river Severn. The station building has imitation Tudor architectural touches to help it fit in with it's surroundings including Shrewsbury castle which overlooks the station.
At the end of the platforms on the river end of the station is Severn Bridge Junction signal box [2]. The 180 frame box, built by the LNWR [3], is the largest surviving mechanical signal box in the world.
Shrewsbury is managed by Transport for Wales and is also served by West Midlands Railway and Avanti West Coast. Among the services which call at Shrewsbury are TfW trains on the Aberystwyth-Birmingham International route, TfW Heart of Wales and Welsh Marches services, and WMR trains from Birmingham New Street.
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| WMR and TfW side by side |
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| Bay platform and its extensive buildings |
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| Transport for Wales 150 252 arrives |
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| Main station building |
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| A Transport for Wales 153 has just arrived |
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury (Middleton Press, 2009) Fig. 111
[2] Ibid. Fig. 119
[3] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Shrewsbury to Ludlow (Middleton Press, 2008) Fig. 4
