Blodwell Junction railway station

Blodwell Junction railway station was a station in Llanyblodwel, Shropshire, England. The station opened on 18 April 1870 as Llanyblodwel before being renamed in 1904.[1] The station closed to passengers on 15 January 1951 and closed completely on 6 January 1964.[1] There is no trace of the station today.

Blodwell Junction
Blodwell Junction station in 1962
Location	Llanyblodwel, Shropshire England
Coordinates	52.8006°N 3.1111°W
Grid reference	SJ250231
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
18 April 1870	Opened as Llanyblodwel[1]
5 January 1904	Renamed Blodwell Junction[1]
15 January 1951	Closed to passengers[1]
6 January 1964	Closed to goods trains[1]

Present day

The tracks remained in use to serve Nantmawr Quarry until 1984 when the entire line was closed by British Rail and the line was left in situ from Blodwell Junction to near Oswestry. The line has since been cleared and is now under the co-ownership of both the Cambrian Heritage Railway and the recently reformed Tanat Valley Light Railway.

References

1. "Station Name: Blodwell Junction". Disused Stations. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Branch Lines around Oswestry. Middleton Press. figs. 75-79. ISBN 9781906008604. OCLC 931221159.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Llanyblodwel Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Tanat Valley Light Railway		Porthywaen Halt Line and station closed
Llanymynech Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Nantmawr Branch		Nantmawr quarry Line closed