Rednal and West Felton railway station

52°50′29″N 2°57′39″W / 52.8413°N 2.9607°W / 52.8413; -2.9607Grid referenceSJ352275Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGreat Western RailwayKey dates1848Station opens as Rednal16 Oct 1907Re-named Rednal & West Felton12 Sep 1960Closed to passengers7 Oct 1963Closed to goods ^[1]

Rednal & West Felton railway station was a minor station on the GWR's Paddington to Birkenhead main line. Today this is part of the Shrewsbury to Chester line. The distinctive red brick station building (now a private house) can still be seen on the west side of the line.

History

Express trains did not call at Rednal & West Felton, only local services.

On 7 June 1865 it was the site of a rail crash which killed 13 and injured 30. The driver of a heavy excursion train from Birkenhead to Shrewsbury failed to see a warning flag for track maintenance approaching the station and derailed.^[2]

According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H & C and there was a three-ton crane.^[3]

References

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Haughton Halt		Great Western Railway Shrewsbury to Chester Line		Whittington Low Level

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Shrewsbury to Chester. Middleton Press. figs. 21-23. ISBN 9781906008703. OCLC 495274299.

External links

• Rednal & West Felton station on navigable 1946 O.S. map