Church Stretton is a stop on the Welsh Marches Line in Shropshire between Shrewsbury and Craven Arms.
Transport for Wales 175 008 departs Wales bound
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Welsh Marches Line)
Station code:
CTT
Opened:
1852
Platforms:
2
The station was opened by the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway in 1852 though slightly further up the line on the other side of a road bridge. The station was relocated to it's current site in 1914 [1], the original station building still exists (it was used as the stationmaster's residence for many years) but is no longer in railway use [2]. The buildings of the relocated station, which had fine canopies, were demolished in 1970 a couple of years after the station became unstaffed. The station goods yard was closed in 1966.
The station nowadays has the usual bus shelters and public information screens of an unstaffed station. Access between the platforms is via a footbridge. The station is managed by Transport for Wales who operate all services which call at Church Stretton.
View up the platform towards Shrewsbury
View from the footbridge
Church Stretton can be seen in the background, the hills including Caer Caradoc beyond
Station entrance
TfW 175 114 heads North
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Shrewsbury to Ludlow (Middleton Press, 2008) Fig. 34
