Eardington Halt is a former stop on the Severn Valley Railway in Shropshire between
Bridgnorth and
Hampton Loade.
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| Station view from a passing train |
| Information |
| Type: |
Preserved Railway (Severn Valley Railway) |
| Opened: |
1868 (Closed 1963) |
| Re-opened: |
1970 (Closed 1982) |
| Platforms: |
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Eardington was opened on the Severn Valley Railway by the West Midlands Railway in 1868 to serve nearby iron works. The station became unstaffed in 1949 and closed by British Railways in 1963. The station was re-opened in 1970 as part of the preserved Severn Valley Railway and was the intermediate station between the original two termini Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade.
However, the station was only lightly used and posed a number of operational difficulties to the Severn Valley Railway such as the gradient it was on and the short platform. The station, which was known on the SVR as
Eardington Halt, was removed from the timetable in 1982.
The station is maintained by volunteers, a siding at the station is used for storing wagons. The station's platform surface was removed in the 1980s but there are plans to restore it. The station has a brick waiting room. There are often calls to re-open the station (again), using it for shuttle trains at galas.
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| Another view from a train |
