Yorton railway station
Yorton  | |||||
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 Yorton station in 2020, looking southbound towards Shrewsbury | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Yorton, Shropshire Council England | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ504237 | ||||
| Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | YRT | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1858 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  7,088 | ||||
| 2019/20 |  7,544 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 3,004 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 6,494 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 7,292 | ||||
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Yorton railway station serves the villages of Yorton and Clive in Shropshire, England. It is 7¼ miles (11.5 km) north of Shrewsbury on the Welsh Marches Line towards Crewe. It has two platforms and dates from 1858. Trains only stop here upon request.
The station was designated for the axe in Dr Beeching's "The Reshaping of British Railways" in the 1960s; however it was ultimately saved.
Facilities
[edit]The station is unstaffed and has no ticket provision (so these must be bought on the train or in advance); the old buildings still stand but are now privately owned. There are shelters on both sides and train running information is provided via CIS displays, a customer help point on platform 1, a payphone on platform 2 and timetable poster boards. Step-free access is available only on the southbound platform.[1]
Services
[edit]Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly service from Yorton southbound to Shrewsbury and northbound to Crewe. Two of these in each direction (weekdays only) run to/from Swansea via the Heart of Wales Line. Some early morning and late evening express services between Manchester Piccadilly and Cardiff Central also call here.[2] On Sundays, Yorton is served by five trains in each direction, most starting from or finishing at Manchester Piccadilly or Cardiff Central. A normal weekday service operates on most Bank holidays.
All trains that stop here only do so on request. This means that any passengers wishing to alight at the station must inform the conductor on the train to arrange with the driver for the train to stop. Any passengers wishing to get on at the station must make their intent clear to the driver.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Shrewsbury | Transport for Wales Welsh Marches Line | Wem | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Hadnall Line open, station closed | London, Midland and Scottish Railway Crewe and Shrewsbury Railway | Wem Line and station open | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Yorton station facilities National Rail Enquiries
- ^ GB eNRT December 2018 Edition, Table 131
Bibliography
[edit]- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Shrewsbury to Crewe. Middleton Press. pp. 26–28. ISBN 9781908174482. OCLC 880765045.
External links
[edit]
- Train times and station information for Yorton railway station from National Rail
52°48′32″N 2°44′10″W / 52.809°N 2.736°W
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