Abbey Foregate railway station
Disused railway station in Shropshire, England
Abbey Foregate railway station was in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, south-east of Shrewsbury station, to the east of Severn Bridge Junction, on what is today the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton Line. Despite its name, the nearest road was Underdale Road, not Abbey Foregate.
History
Opened by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway in 1849, the station name was changed to Abbey Foregate Platform around 1900. It closed to passengers in 1912.[1]
Today there remains a signal box on the line to Wolverhampton called Abbey Foregate (code of 'AF'). It controls the junction and the access to Abbey Foregate Yard. No remains of the platform exist.
See also
- Shrewsbury Abbey railway station - a station on Abbey Foregate
References
Bibliography
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
- Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. fig. 110. ISBN 9781906008444. OCLC 286385795.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Shrewsbury Line and station open | Great Western Railway Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway | Upton Magna Line open, station closed |
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Buildings and structures in Shrewsbury
- Shrewsbury Library
- Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
- Shrewsbury Prison
- Abbey Foregate
- Shrewsbury
- Shrewsbury Abbey
- Shrewsbury West
- Belvidere School
- Meole Brace School
- Prestfelde School
- Priory School
- Shrewsbury College
- Shrewsbury High School
- Shrewsbury School
- Shrewsbury Sixth Form College
- Shrewsbury Academy
- Wakeman School