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Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway

Dates

06/12/1853	Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Opened to passengers.
31/12/1855	Railway Clearing House By this date, Cork and Bandon Railway, Crieff Junction Railway, Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, Dublin and Drogheda Railway, Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, Furness Railway, Great Southern and Western Railway, Irish South Eastern Railway, Killarney Junction Railway, Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway, Leven Railway, London and South Western Railway, London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, Monkland Railways, Monmouthshire Railway and Canal, Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, Norfolk Railway, North and South Western Junction Railway, Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, Peebles Railway, Perth and Dunkeld Railway, Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, St Andrews Railway, Ulster and Dundalk Railway, Waterford and Kilkenny Railway and Waterford and Limerick Railway join.
01/07/1862	Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Leased jointly by the London and North Western Railway, West Midland Railway and Great Western Railway.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

Hereford

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Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway

67002 propelling UK Railtours stock out of Hereford to crossover and return to platform 3 in readiness for the return journey to Stevenage on 26th ...
David Bosher 26/02/2022

One of two plaques displayed by the boundary stone on Hereford station. This marked the boundary between the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway and the ...
David Pesterfield 10/06/2010

One of two plaques displayed by the boundary stone between the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway and the Hereford, Ross, & Gloucester Railway, from the ...
David Pesterfield 10/06/2010

Having arrived earlier at platform 1 at Hereford from Paddington, 800020 moved forward south of the station to crossover and is seen here returning to ...
David Bosher 26/02/2022

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Brecon Curve Junction

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Barrs Court Junction

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Shelwick Junction

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Worcester and Hereford Railway

Moreton-on-Lugg

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The signalbox and wooden gates at Moreton-on-Lugg look good in the sunshine in the September 1968 view. ...
Doug Nicholls /09/1968

A northbound Arriva Trains Wales service with a Class 175 DMU approaches the closed station at Moreton-on-Lugg on 19 November 2008. ...
John McIntyre 19/11/2008

A southbound class 158 runs throught Moreton-on-Lugg on 18 November with the access to the exchange sidings and the former Army depot to the left ...
John McIntyre 18/11/2008

Level crossing and signal box at Moreton-on-Lugg north of Hereford on the Shrewsbury & Hereford Joint line in November 2008. Note the telegraph pole ...
John McIntyre 18/11/2008

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Dinmore

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Heading north through the former Dinmore station heading for the twin tunnels. ...
Ewan Crawford 10/07/2006

Things to photograph while waiting for freights which never come. (1) The former Dinmore station. ...
Ewan Crawford 09/07/2006

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Ford Bridge

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A unidentified Peak heads a special tanker train past Ford Bridge in 1974. ...
Doug Nicholls /09/1974

The station at Ford Bridge, to the south of Leominster, operated from 1866 to 1954. The level crossing closed after the Leominster bypass (in the ...
Ken Strachan 15/01/2018

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Leominster

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Leominster and Bromyard Railway

A northbound train pulls in at Leominster in June 2010. ...
Ewan Crawford 05/06/2010

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Kington Junction

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Leominster and Kington Railway

Berrington and Eye

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Woofferton

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Tenbury Railway

And here is the DMU (see image 74076). I used to enjoy riding these from Cmwbran to Hereford and back. ...
Ken Strachan /04/1987

Do ewe need that number? Nature's lawnmowers ignore the Southbound 47 with (I'm guessing) a PW train while the station goods shed and a Northbound DMU ...
Ken Strachan /04/1987

A Northbound DMU (probably for Shrewsbury) has just passed the former junction for Tenbury Wells and Bewdley in September 1988. The road bridge had a ...
Ken Strachan /09/1988

A Class 60 heads south with a freight past the former Woofferton station, Shropshire, on 18 November 2008. The station, closed in July 1961, still ...
John McIntyre 18/11/2008

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Ashford Bowdler

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Ludlow

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Clee Hill Junction

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Ludlow Watertroughs

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Bromfield [S and HR]

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Onibury

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Heading north from Onibury towards Craven Arms on 18 November 2008, a class 175 unit climbs to cross the River Onny.
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John McIntyre 18/11/2008

I think I can, I think I can - this Cardiff-bound DMU seemed to be struggling to reach the summit just North of Onibury crossing, between Ludlow and ...
Ken Strachan /04/1987

An Arriva Trains Wales service heads north on 18 November past the unusual design of SB at Onibury, Shropshire. The box controls the level ...
John McIntyre 18/11/2008

The 1852 Onibury Station building (now a private residence) stands beside the level crossing on the A49 road between Craven Arms and Ludlow on the ...
John McIntyre 18/11/2008

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Central Wales Junction

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Knighton Railway

Craven Arms

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Knighton Railway

GWR Hall Class 4-6-0 No 4930 'Hagley Hall' blackens the countryside as it passes through Craven Arms while doing a run past with the 'Welsh Marches ...
Colin Kirkwood 10/10/1981

View south from by Stretfordbridge Junction to Craven Arms showing the down goods loop. ...
Ewan Crawford 12/04/2010

UK Railtours return excursion from Llandrindod Wells to London Paddington passing Craven Arms station, having left the Heart of Wales line a short ...
David Bosher 02/09/2017

Arriva Trains Wales single unit DMU 153320 waits under the footbridge at Craven Arms for right of way prior to running forward onto the 'Heart of ...
David Pesterfield 25/05/2010

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Bishop's Castle Junction

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Bishop^s Castle Railway

Wistanstow Halt

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Marsh Farm Junction

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Wenlock Railway

Marsh Brook

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Arriva Trains Wales service from Cardiff to Manchester passes the site of the former station at Marsh Brook between Craven Arms and Shrewsbury.
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John McIntyre 18/11/2008

A single car class 153 unit passes Marsh Brook signal box on 18 November with a service to Swansea via the former L&NW Heart of Wales line. Marsh ...
John McIntyre 18/11/2008

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Little Stretton Halt

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Church Stretton

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The 19.12 to Chester slows for the Church Stretton stop, framed by marvellous Welsh Marches scenery. The gent in the blue shirt (lower right) had ...
Ken Strachan 15/04/2022

Milford Haven - Manchester Piccadilly train arrives at Church Stretton on 31 May. ...
John McIntyre 31/05/2007

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Church Stretton [1st]

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All Stretton Halt

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Leebotwood

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Dorrington

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The view at Dorrington, looking south from the bracket signal, in 1968. The station had closed ten years earlier but the signal box has survived into ...
Doug Nicholls /08/1968

Although the station has gone the signalbox remains at Dorrington as a northbound Class 158 heads towards Shrewsbury on 19 November past an upper ...
John McIntyre 19/11/2008

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Condover

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Sutton Bridge Junction

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Severn Valley Railway
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway

Sutton Bridge Junction signal box, south of Shrewsbury, seen from The Railway Touring Company's return excursion from Hereford to Stevenage, on the ...
David Bosher 26/02/2022

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English Bridge

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Shrewsbury Curve Junction South

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Books

North and West Route: v.2: Shrewsbury South and Hereford