Church Stretton railway station
Church Stretton 
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The station, looking north – a train for Carmarthen stands at platform 2
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| Location | |
| Place | Church Stretton |
| Local authority | Shropshire Council |
| Grid reference | SO455935 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CTT |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.119 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.125 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.126 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.132 million |
| 2015/16 |
 0.128 million |
| History | |
| 1852 | Opened |
| 1914 | Station moved |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Church Stretton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Church Stretton railway station in Church Stretton, Shropshire, England, is a station on the Welsh Marches Line, 12 3⁄4 miles (20.5 km) south of Shrewsbury railway station; trains on the Heart of Wales Line also serve the station. All trains services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales, who also manage the station.
The station is the highest point of the line between Shrewsbury and Craven Arms, and is the highest station in Shropshire. On the northbound platform, a small plinth notes the station's altitude: 613 ft (187 m) above sea level.
The station opened on 20 April 1852 as part of the newly created Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway. It was originally to the north of what is now Sandford Avenue and the old station building still remains, but is no longer in railway use. Sandford Avenue had been for centuries called Lake Lane and became Station Road with the arrival of the railway in the town, before becoming Sandford Avenue in 1884. The original station building was designed by Thomas Mainwaring Penson.
In 1914, the station was relocated just to the south of the Sandford Avenue road bridge. New station buildings were erected, but these were demolished in 1970, the station having become unstaffed in 1967. Today, the only station structures in use are two passenger shelters on the platforms and a footbridge.
The station has two platforms, one for northbound services (platform 1) and the other for southbound services (platform 2), with a footbridge crossing the line connecting the two platforms. The platform shelters were replaced and electronic information displays were installed in 2011. CCTV was also installed and together with the new shelters has resulted in anti-social behaviour becoming almost non-existent at the station. In 2013, a ticket machine was installed on platform 1.
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