Ironbridge and Broseley railway station

Ironbridge and Broseley railway station was a railway station with two through platforms on the Severn Valley Railway Line in Shropshire, England.

Ironbridge and Broseley
Ironbridge and Broseley railway station in 1963
Location	Ironbridge, Telford and Wrekin England
Coordinates	52.6270°N 2.4847°W
Grid reference	SJ672033
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Severn Valley Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 February 1862	Station opened as Ironbridge and Broseley
9 November 1895	Renamed Iron Bridge and Broseley
9 September 1963	Station closed

The station was on a section of the Severn Valley Line north of Bridgnorth and was demolished in 1966 to provide car parking space within the Severn Gorge. Until its closure on 25 November 1956, the signal box controlled railway traffic around the station and the level crossing that lead to the Iron Bridge.

Photographs of the station running-in board show the station name as "IRON-BRIDGE & BROSELEY" (with hyphen). The cast iron nameplate on the signal box read "IRON BRIDGE & BROSELEY SIGNAL BOX" (Iron and Bridge being separate words without hyphen). Although thought by some people to have been closed as part of the Beeching axe in 1963 its planned closure pre-dated his report.

Prior to its closure rationalisation took place in the form of closure of the signal box, removal of the upper portion and relocation of the token instruments to the Station Master's office in the main station building.

Site of Ironbridge and Broseley station in 2018, now a car park

Virtually all traces of the station platforms, station building and goods shed have been swept away. A "pay and display" car park now occupies the site. There is also little or no trace of the signal box, there now being an electricity supply transformer at its former position.

Surviving artifacts

The astute observer can find those few traces of the site's former railway use. Two cast iron GWR ball top gate posts and one level crossing gate post survive along with rails in the roadway approaching the Ironbridge toll house. On the opposite side of the road an abutment of the footbridge visible in the accompanying photograph remains.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Kidderminster to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 90-94. ISBN 9781906008109. OCLC 154801530.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Buildwas Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Severn Valley Railway		Jackfield Halt Line and station closed