Leaton railway station

52°45′50″N 2°46′52″W / 52.7638°N 2.7811°W / 52.7638; -2.7811Grid referenceSJ472187Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyShrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates12 October 1848Station opens12 September 1960Closed to passengers15 Mar 1965Closed to goods ^[1]

Leaton railway station was a minor station located about six miles north of Shrewsbury on the GWR's Paddington to Birkenhead main line. Today this is part of the Shrewsbury to Chester line. It was at the top of the long climb up Hencote bank out of Shrewsbury. The station opened on 12 October 1848 and closed on 12 September 1960.^[2] The station building (now a private house) can still be seen on the north side of the adjacent Leaton level crossing on the east side of the line. A small industrial estate now exists at the former railway sidings.

Historical services

Express trains did not call at Leaton, only local services. It closed to passenger traffic in 1960.

According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P & L, and there was no crane.^[3]

References

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Shrewsbury		Great Western Railway Shrewsbury to Chester Line		Oldwoods Halt

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Shrewsbury to Chester. Middleton Press. figs. 13-14. ISBN 9781906008703. OCLC 495274299.

External links

• Leaton station on navigable 1946 O.S. map