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.

History

The station opened on 6 December 1853, as part of the southern extension of the S&HR from to.
It became a junction station in August 1861, when the Tenbury Railway opened a five-mile branch line.
to Tenbury, operated by the GWR. Then on 13th August 1864, the Great Western Railway-operated Tenbury and Bewdley Railway opened, completing the Wyre Forest Line to. 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 31st July 1961, the same date as the closure of the former Tenbury Railway. The platforms were subsequently demolished although some buildings remain.

The site today

The line through the station, the Welsh Marches Line, remains in use.