Place Rednal & West Felton Grid reference SJ352275 Original company Great Western Railway | Area Shropshire 12 Sep 1960 Closed to passengers Platforms in use 2 | |
1848 Station opens as Rednal 16 Oct 1907 Re-named Rednal & West Felton Similar Whittington Low Level railway st, Weston Rhyn railway st, Leaton railway station, Donnington railway station | ||
Rednal & West Felton railway station was a minor station on the GWR’s Paddington to Birkenhead main line. Today this is part of the Shrewsbury to Chester line. The distinctive red brick station building (now a private house) can still be seen on the west side of the line.
History
Express trains did not call at Rednal & West Felton, only local services.
On 7 June 1865 it was the site of a rail crash which killed 13 and injured 30. The driver of a heavy excursion train from Birkenhead to Shrewsbury failed to see a warning flag for track maintenance approaching the station and derailed.
According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H & C and there was a three-ton crane.