Talk:Shrewsbury railway station
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[edit] Platforms 1 and 2 - just a query
Why are these out of action or why were they demolished? Simply south 17:46, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
They were used as carriage sidings when Shrewsbury had quantities of locomotive hauled trains (Class 25 hauled services on the Cambrian Coast line, York to Shrewsbury TPO, Shrewsbury to London Euston services). When the last of these trains finished in the late 1980s, the carriage sidings (located on the same side of the station of platform 3, the former platform 1 and 2 bays as was) were pulled and removed in a rationalisation, as the already extensive Abbey Foregate LMD south was very much all that was needed in terms of requirements. Alspittle 12:37, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
- But they were fully used platforms at one point - probably until the early 1970s. I think they were primarily used for trains on the Hartlepool/Severn Valley line. This line now no longer runs from Shrewsbury (only the section between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster is open, as a heritage railway). The platforms do still exist though, but with no track. David 14:51, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
