- Source: Woofferton railway station
Woofferton was a railway station and junction near Woofferton, Shropshire, England. It was where the Tenbury Railway joined the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (S&HR).
History
The station opened on 6 December 1853, as part of the southern extension of the S&HR from Ludlow to Hereford. It became a junction station in August 1861, when the Tenbury Railway (operated by the S&HR) opened a five-mile branch line.
In August 1864, the Great Western Railway-operated Tenbury and Bewdley Railway opened, completing the Wyre Forest Line to Bewdley. In 1889, a bay platform, known as the Back Platform, was added to serve the Wyre Forest Line; this was accessed via two diamond crossings in the main lines and continued in use until being removed in 1957.
The station closed on 31 July 1961, the same date as the closure of the former Tenbury Railway.
The site today
The line through the station, the Welsh Marches Line, remains in use.
References
Further reading
Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Cleobury Mortimer. Middleton Press. figs. 10-11. ISBN 9781906008185. OCLC 176923876.
Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Ludlow to Hereford. Middleton Press. figs. 8-18. ISBN 9781906008147. OCLC 258060509.