Baschurch railway station
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Bascurch station in 1962
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| Location | |
| Place | Baschurch |
| Area | Shropshire |
| Coordinates | 52°47′55″N 2°50′51″W / 52.7985°N 2.8474°WCoordinates: 52°47′55″N 2°50′51″W / 52.7985°N 2.8474°W |
| Grid reference | SJ428226 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 12 October 1848 | Station opens |
| 12 September 1960 | Closed to passengers |
| 5 July 1965 | Closed to goods |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Baschurch railway station was a minor station located about ten miles north of Shrewsbury on the GWR’s Paddington to Birkenhead main line. Today this is part of the Shrewsbury to Chester line. The station building (now a private house) can be seen on the west side of the line adjacent Baschurch level crossing; it was designed by Thomas Mainwaring Penson.
Express train did not call at Baschurch, only local services.
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.
Although the station was closed the line has continued in use for through trains.
In September 2009, a local group was formed to campaign for the station to be reopened. An initial public meeting was attended by 250 people, and Arriva Trains Wales the franchise operator for the line agreed to re-examine the feasibility of trains stopping at Baschurch.
As of October 2011 the campaign continues, with the commissioning of new research into the feasibility of the reopening proposal. Funding for the study was declined by Shropshire Council, but now campaigners are to fund it themselves.
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