Ludlow railway station
Ludlow 
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| Location | |
| Place | Ludlow |
| Local authority | Shropshire Council |
| Grid reference | SO513750 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LUD |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.293 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.298 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.287 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.308 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.300 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1852 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ludlow from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Ludlow railway station serves the town of Ludlow in Shropshire, England. It lies on the Welsh Marches Line between Shrewsbury (which is 27 miles 42 chains (44.3 km) to the north) and Hereford. The station is on Station Drive, 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) to the northeast of Ludlow town centre.
The station opened on 21 April 1852, as the southern terminus of the first section of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway. Trains travelling to or from the south of the station pass through the short Ludlow Tunnel (192 yards (176 m) long), which passes under Gravel Hill and has its tunnel entrance immediately south of the platforms. A quarter of a mile to the north of the station was Clee Hill Junction, where from 1864 to 1962 a branch line ran to the quarries in the nearby Clee Hills to the east of Ludlow.
The engine shed closed in 1951 and the goods yard on 6 May 1968. In the late 1960s, the Victorian buildings at the station were demolished and the last signal boxes closed.
Passenger services are currently provided by Arriva Trains Wales. The station is served by one to two trains per hour in each direction Mondays to Saturdays, and around fifteen trains each way on Sundays. There are direct trains to Crewe, Manchester Piccadilly, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Newport, Cardiff Central, Milford Haven, Chester and Holyhead. The only passenger services running on the line that do not call at Ludlow are the two North-South Wales express services that run Monday to Friday in each direction.
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