Grid reference SJ321310 Platforms in use 2 | ||
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Post-grouping GWRWestern Region of British Railways 1 July 1924 Renamed "Whittington Low Level" Similar Weston Rhyn railway st, Leaton railway station, Donnington railway station, Coalport West railway st, Cressage railway station | ||
Whittington Low Level railway station is one of two former railway stations in the village of Whittington, Shropshire, England.
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History
Whittington Low Level was a minor station on the GWR’s Paddington to Birkenhead main line. Today this is part of the Shrewsbury to Chester Line. An automatic level crossing lies just to the north of the old station site.
In 1924 Whittington gained its "Low Level" suffix in order to distinguish it from Whittington High Level on the Oswestry to Whitchurch line of the Cambrian Railways.
Historical Services
Express trains did not call at Whittington Low Level, only local services, though some travelled long distances and most gave good connections to places such as Barmouth, London Paddington and Manchester Exchange.
In 1922 passenger services calling at Whittington Low Level were at their most intensive:
Local goods traffic remained significant until the explosion in road haulage from the 1950s. According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, H & C and there was a one-ton crane.