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Buttington railway station

Coordinates: 52°40′58″N 3°05′33″W / 52.6827°N 3.0925°W / 52.6827; -3.0925
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Buttington
General information
LocationButtington, Powys
Wales
Coordinates52°40′58″N 3°05′33″W / 52.6827°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]

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 Railways, when the route west to Welshpool was doubled.

It was closed to both passenger and goods traffic on 12 September 1960,[2] 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

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  1. ^ a b c d "Station Name: Buttington". Disused Stations. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 106. OCLC 931112387.

Further reading

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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Welshpool
Line and station open
  Cambrian Railways
Oswestry and Newtown Railway
  Pool Quay
Line and station closed
  GWR and LNWR joint
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway
  Breidden
Line open, station closed