Lightmoor Platform railway station

Lightmoor Platform
General information
Location	Coalbrookdale, Shropshire England
Coordinates	52.6423°N 2.4746°W / 52.6423; -2.4746
Grid reference	SJ679050
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused, possible station on a heritage railway
History
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
12 August 1907	Opened
1 January 1917	closed
23 June 1919	opened
23 July 1962	Closed
2015	Line to Ironbridge Power Station is closed

Lightmoor Platform railway station was a station to the east of Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England. The station was opened in 1907 and closed in 1962.[1] The station was situated on the Madeley Junction to Buildwas Line to the west of Lightmoor Junction.

The site of the station and the former line to Ironbridge power station is currently mothballed with the Telford Steam Railway occupying part of the former Wellington to Craven Arms Railway. It is hoped that the line can be extended from Horsehay and Dawley to the site of Ironbridge power station. This would see new stations opened at Doseley[2], Lightmoor[3], Coalbrookdale[4] and close to Buildwas for Ironbridge[5] which includes proposals for a park and ride with passenger services between Ironbridge and Birmingham New Street.[6]

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 264. OCLC 931112387.
2. "Phase Two - Doseley Halt". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
3. "Phase Three - Lightmoor". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
4. "Home". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
5. "Home". Telford Steam Railway. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
6. Growcott, Matthew (25 June 2018). "Call to reopen Ironbridge to Birmingham railway line". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 19 December 2024.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Craven Arms to Wellington. Middleton Press. figs. 75-79. ISBN 9781906008338. OCLC 750867075.

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Coalbrookdale (Future)		Telford Steam Railway		Doseley (Future)

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Green Bank Halt Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Wellington to Craven Arms Railway		Doseley Halt Line and station closed
		Great Western Railway Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway		Madeley Line open, station closed