Shrewsbury Railway Station in 1905

[rogerfarnworth]

The December 1905 Railway Magazine focussed on Shrewsbury Railway Station as the 34th location In its Notable Railway Stations series.

Shrewsbury Railway Station in 1905

The December 1905 Railway Magazine focussed on Shrewsbury Railway Station as the 34th location In its Notable Railway Stations series. [1] The featured image above is not from 1905, rather it shows…

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The Railway Magazine carried an article about the relatively newly refurbished Shrewsbury Railway Station which started by remarking on the debt Shrewsbury Station owed to the construction of the Severn Tunnel: “it is to the Severn Tunnel that Shrewsbury owes the position it claims as one of the most important distributing centres in the country if not the most. In telephonic language, it is a “switch board,” and those on the spot claim that more traffic is interchanged and redistributed at Shrewsbury than even at York.”

 

[Cambrian359]

great read! Fascinating how they created an extension underneath the station. Does anyone know why the current platform 3 was shortened in recent times?(and removal of p2) I’ve been using the station for 15 years and I’m sure it happened during this time? Hmm

 

[Llanigraham]

great read! Fascinating how they created an extension underneath the station. Does anyone know why the current platform 3 was shortened in recent times?(and removal of p2) I’ve been using the station for 15 years and I’m sure it happened during this time? Hmm

Possibly to take some weight off the Severn Bridge?