Buttington railway station

Buttington railway station was a station in Buttington, Powys, Wales. The station was opened in November 1860, several months after the line that served it (the Oswestry and Newtown Railway). A second line - the jointly operated Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway reached the station in January 1862. It was substantially rebuilt (with additional platforms) in 1893 by the Cambrian Railway, when the route west to Welshpool was doubled.

Buttington
LocationButtington, Powys
Wales
Coordinates52.6827°N 3.0925°W / 52.6827; -3.0925
Grid referenceSJ262100
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyOswestry and Newtown Railway
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
November 1860Opened[1]
12 September 1960Closed[1]

It was closed to both passenger and goods traffic on 12 September 1960, along with all the other intermediate stations on the Shrewsbury to Welshpool section.[1] The former O&NR route to Oswestry and Whitchurch subsequently closed in January 1965, leaving just the Shrewsbury to Welshpool line in operation - this is still open today, though no trace of the station itself remains.[1]

References

  1. "Station Name: Buttington". Disused Stations. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Shrewsbury to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 59-62. ISBN 9781906008291. OCLC 228374968.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Breidden
Line open, station closed
  GWR and LNWR joint
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway
  Welshpool
Line and station open
Pool Quay
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Oswestry and Newtown Railway
 


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