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Market Drayton railway station served the town of Market Drayton in Shropshire, England, between 1863 and 1963.It was at the junction where three railway lines met: two of them, forming the Great Western Railway route between Wellington and Crewe, were met by a line from Stoke-on-Trent on the North Staffordshire Railway.
Wellington railway station serves the town of Wellington, Shropshire, England. It is situated on the former Great Western Railway 's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line. Trains are operated by West Midlands Railway (who manage the station), and Transport for Wales .
Morrey owned a hardware business in Market Drayton. Thomas Povey, the colonial civil servant and friend of Samuel Pepys, was a Londoner, but a branch of his family lived at Woodseaves, near Market Drayton; the most prominent member of this branch of the family was Sir John Povey (1621–1679), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland 1673–79.
The Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway linking the titular towns opened five years later, making the station a junction in the process – known locally as the "Gingerbread Line" (Market Drayton being renowned for the production of said confectionery), it was later extended to Wellington and officially became part of the Great Western Railway ...
The Wellington and Drayton Railway was incorporated on 7 August 1862, and in November of that year deposited plans for a line connecting Wellington to Market Drayton, together with extensions northwards towards Manchester, to join the LNWR near Minshull Vernon, the Cheshire Midland Railway near Knutsford, the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway and the Manchester and Bolton ...
The station was built in 1849. In 1867, a branch line was opened to connect the town with Market Drayton. The Wellington and Market Drayton Railway operated for almost a hundred years before closure under the Beeching Axe in 1963. The line remained open for goods only services until 1967; the track was lifted in 1970. [15] [16]
The former level crossing at Pipe Gate in November 2018, (Station masters house is on the right) and the former station site is on the left near the houses. Pipe Gate was a railway station on the North Staffordshire Railway's Stoke to Market Drayton Line.
The Stoke to Market Drayton Line was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1870. [3] The station, then called Keele Road , was opened on the same day as the line opened. [ 1 ] In 1898 the station was renamed Keele .
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