Leaton railway station
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Leaton railway station was a minor station located about six miles north of Shrewsbury
on the GWR’s
Paddington
to Birkenhead
main line. Today this is part of the Shrewsbury to Chester line
. It was at the top of the long climb up Hencote bank out of Shrewsbury. The station building (now a private house) can still be seen on the north side of the adjacent Leaton
level crossing
on the east side of the line.
According to the Official Handbook of Stations
the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P & L, and there was no crane.
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...
on the GWR’s
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
Paddington
Paddington
Paddington is a district within the City of Westminster, in central London, England. Formerly a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965...
to Birkenhead
Birkenhead
Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite the city of Liverpool...
main line. Today this is part of the Shrewsbury to Chester line
Shrewsbury to Chester Line
The Shrewsbury to Chester Line, also known as the Severn–Dee Line , was built in 1846 as the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway...
. It was at the top of the long climb up Hencote bank out of Shrewsbury. The station building (now a private house) can still be seen on the north side of the adjacent Leaton
Leaton
Leaton is a small village in Shropshire, England.It is situated on the B5067, Shrewsbury to Baschurch road, in the parish of Pimhill.The village has an impressive church, the Holy Trinity...
level crossing
Level crossing
A level crossing occurs where a railway line is intersected by a road or path onone level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel. It is a type of at-grade intersection. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion...
on the east side of the line.
Historical Services
Express trains did not call at Leaton, only local services.According to the Official Handbook of Stations
Official Handbook of Stations
The Official Handbook of Stations was a large listing all the passenger and goods stations and private sidings on the railways of Great Britain and Ireland...
the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P & L, and there was no crane.