Broome railway station serves the villages of Broome and Aston on Clun in Shropshire, England. It is on the Heart of Wales Line 22+3⁄4 miles (36.6 km) south west of Shrewsbury. Trains that serve the station are operated by Transport for Wales.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Broome, Shropshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°25′23″N 2°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 category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1861 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  1,040 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 34 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  452 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 622 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 1,300 | ||||
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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 between Craven Arms and Knighton,[2] opening with the line in 1861. In 1895 a wind engine was erected at the station for the London and North Western Railway by John 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
editThe station has no permanent buildings aside from a single timber waiting shelter, though it does have a CIS display and 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
editThere 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 a request stop and 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Vision of BritainArchived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Clunbury
- ^ Body, p.48
- ^ Major, J. Kenneth (1977). The Windmills of John Wallis Titt. The International Molinological Society.
- ^ Broome Railway Station (1963) www.time-capsules.co.uk photo archive; Retrieved 26 July 2017
- ^ Broome - Least Used Station In Shropshire - Geoff Marshall - Youtube
- ^ Table 130 National Rail timetable, December 2022
Bibliography
edit- Body, G. (1983), PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Western Region, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 0-85059-546-0
- Organ, John (2008). Mitchell, Vic (ed.). Craven Arms to Llandeilo. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 12-15. ISBN 9781906008352. OCLC 648080889.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Broome railway station from National Rail
- Broome - Least Used Station In Shropshire, 2018 YouTube video about the station and its services