Broome railway station
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Broome,Shropshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°25′23″N2°53′06″W/ 52.423°N 2.885°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SO399809 | ||||
| Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
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| Station code | BME | ||||
| Classification | DfT categoryF2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1861 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  1,118 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 1,040 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 34 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  452 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 622 | ||||
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Broome railway stationserves the villages ofBroomeandAston on CluninShropshire,England.It is on theHeart of Wales Line22+3⁄4miles (36.6 km) south west ofShrewsbury.Trains that serve the station are operated byTransport for Wales.
History
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Originally opened as "Broom and Aston".[1]Broome station was built by the Knighton Railway company on their branch line betweenCraven ArmsandKnighton,[2]opening with the line in 1861. In 1895 awind enginewas erected at the station for theLondon and North Western RailwaybyJohn Wallis Titt.[3]
The line was double track and the station had two platforms until the 1960s,[4]but the line was singled in 1965 and the station now has a single platform. The station buildings have since been demolished and replaced with a bus shelter structure.
Facilities
[edit]The station has no permanent buildings aside from a single timber waiting shelter, though it does have aCIS displayand a timetable poster board. However, it has no public telephone or customer help point. Step-free access is provided via a steep gravel ramp and steel gate from the entrance and car park, which has been proven to be unsuitable for wheelchair users.[5]
Services
[edit]There are five trains a day in each direction from Monday to Saturday (plus an extra northbound service to Shrewsbury for commuters on Mondays to Fridays), and two services on Sundays. This is arequest stopand passengers intending to board must make a clear signal to the driver whilst alighting passengers must request the stop from the train guard.[6]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Hopton Heath | Transport for Wales Heart of Wales Line |
Craven Arms | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Vision of BritainArchived3 March 2016 at theWayback MachineClunbury
- ^Body, p.48
- ^Major, J. Kenneth(1977).The Windmills of John Wallis Titt.The International Molinological Society.
- ^Broome Railway Station (1963)time-capsules.co.ukphoto archive; Retrieved 26 July 2017
- ^Broome - Least Used Station In Shropshire-Geoff Marshall- Youtube
- ^Table 130National Railtimetable, December 2022
Bibliography
[edit]- Body, G. (1983),PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Western Region,Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough,ISBN0-85059-546-0
- Organ, John (2008). Mitchell, Vic (ed.).Craven Arms to Llandeilo.West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 12-15.ISBN9781906008352.OCLC648080889.
External links
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- Train timesandstation informationfor Broome railway station fromNational Rail
- Broome - Least Used Station In Shropshire,2018 YouTube video about the station and its services
