Market Drayton railway station
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The station site at Market Drayton, now a Morrisons supermarket and in use by industrial estates.
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| Location | |
| Place | Market Drayton |
| Area | Shropshire |
| Coordinates | 52°54′34″N 2°29′21″W / 52.9095°N 2.4891°WCoordinates: 52°54′34″N 2°29′21″W / 52.9095°N 2.4891°W |
| Grid reference | SJ671348 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 4? |
| History | |
| 20 October 1863 | Station and line from Nantwich opened |
| 16 October 1867 | Line from Wellington opened |
| 1 February 1870 | Line from Silverdale opened |
| 7 May 1956 | Line from Silverdale closed |
| 9 September 1963 | Station closed |
| 1 May 1967 | Final closure |
| 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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Market Drayton railway station served the English town of Market Drayton in Shropshire between 1863 and 1963. It was at the junction where three railway lines met: two of them, forming the Great Western Railway route between Wellington (Shropshire) and Crewe, were met by a line from Stoke-on-Trent on the North Staffordshire Railway.
The Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway (N&MDR), which ran southwards to Market Drayton from a junction with the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) at Nantwich, was opened on 20 October 1863. The new line was 10 miles 65 chains (17.4 km) long.
Four years later, on 16 October 1867, the Wellington and Drayton Railway (W&DR) opened, which connected the N&MDR at Market Drayton to the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Wellington. The W&DR, which was 16 miles 12 chains (26.0 km) in length, had been absorbed by the GWR in 1866, the N&MDR had been worked by the GWR since opening (it was fully absorbed in 1897); and so the connection permitted GWR trains from Wolverhampton and the south to reach Crewe and Manchester (London Road) via the LNWR.
On 1 February 1870, the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) opened a line to Market Drayton from Silverdale. With the arrival of the NSR, the station had to be enlarged and was rebuilt in a French Renaissance style with ornamental iron features and square-topped pavilions at each end.
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