Ellesmere railway station

Ellesmere
Ellesmere
	Ellesmere station site in 2018, the former station is on the right
General information
Location	Ellesmere, Shropshire; England
Coordinates	52°54′34″N 2°53′59″W / 52.9094°N 2.8997°W
Grid reference	SJ396351
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 May 1863	Opened
18 January 1965	Closed to passengers
29 March 1965	Closed

Ellesmere railway station is a disused station in Ellesmere, Shropshire, England. The station was opened on 4 May 1863, closed to passengers on 18 January 1965 and closed completely on 29 March 1965.^[1]

Station site today and possible developments

The site of the former station has been swept away including the trackbed to Wrexham and Oswestry by modern housing and redevelopments which are now on all the former sidings, goods yard, and trackbed. The station building survives and is a Grade II listed building,^[2] albeit derelict and disused. The former station drive serves as an access road to an industrial estate north of the station site.

In 2018, there were plans to redevelop the site from houses and station building into flats but this has caused opposition due to the problems with the main roads as well as likely causing traffic congestion.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Station Name: Ellesmere". Disused Stations. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
^ "Former Ellesmere Railway Station". Historic England. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Frankton Line and station closed		Cambrian Railways Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway		Welshampton Line and station closed
Elson Halt Line and station closed		Cambrian Railways Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway		Terminus

v t e Closed railway stations in Shropshire
Bishops Castle Railway	Bishop's Castle Eaton Horderley Lydham Heath Plowden Stretford Bridge Halt
Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway	Aston Botterell Siding Burwarton Halt Chilton Halt Cleobury North Crossing Cleobury Town Halt Detton Ford Siding Ditton Priors Halt Prescott Spring Stottesdon Halt
Coalport branch line	Coalport East Dawley and Stirchley Madeley Market Malins Lee Oakengates Market Street
Minsterley branch line	Minsterley Plealey Road Pontesbury
Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway	Easthope Halt Farley Halt Harton Road Longville Much Wenlock Presthope Rushbury Westwood Halt
Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway	Ellesmere Frankton Tinkers Green Halt Welshampton Whittington High Level
Oswestry and Newtown Railway	Llynclys Pant
Severn Valley Railway	Alveley Halt Berrington Buildwas Coalport West Cound Halt Cressage Eardington Halt Ironbridge and Broseley Jackfield Halt Linley Halt
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway	Abbey Foregate Admaston Upton Magna Walcot
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway	Baschurch Haughton Halt Leaton Oldwoods Halt Rednal and West Felton Stanwardine Halt Trehowell Halt Weston Rhyn Whittington Low Level
Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway	All Stretton Halt Ashford Bowdler Bromfield Condover Dorrington Leebotwood Little Stretton Halt Marshbrook Onibury Wistanstow Halt Woofferton
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway	Hanwood Plas-y-Court Halt Westbury Yockleton
Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway	Chapel Lane Cruckton Edgebold Edgerley Halt Ford and Crossgates Hookagate and Redhill Kinnerley Junction Maesbrook Melverley Meole Brace Nesscliffe and Pentre Shoot Hill Shrawardine Shrewsbury West Shrewsbury Abbey Wern Las
Shropshire Union Railways	Donnington Hadley Newport Trench Crossing
Tanat Valley Light Railway	Porthywaen Halt Blodwell Junction Llanyblodwel Halt Glanyrafon Halt
Tenbury and Bewdley Railway	Cleobury Mortimer Neen Sollars Tenbury Wells
Wellington and Drayton Railway	Crudgington Ellerdine Halt Hodnet Little Drayton Halt Longdon Halt Peplow Rowton Halt Tern Hill Wollerton Halt
Wellington and Severn Junction Railway	Coalbrookdale Doseley Halt Green Bank Halt Horsehay and Dawley Iron Bridge Gorge Ketley Ketley Town Halt Lawley Bank Lightmoor Platform New Dale Halt
Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway	Elson Halt Trench Halt
Other	Hadnall Madeley Market Drayton New Hadley Halt Norton-in-Hales Park Hall Halt Rhydmeredydd Goods

Ellesmere railway station

Station site today and possible developments

See also

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