Montgomery railway station

Montgomery railway station served the town of Montgomery, Powys, Wales between 1861 and 1965.

Montgomery
General information
Location	Montgomery, Powys Wales
Coordinates	52.5735°N 3.1752°W / 52.5735; -3.1752
Grid reference	SO204979
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Oswestry and Newtown Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
10 June 1861 (1861-06-10)	Station opened
14 June 1965 (1965-06-14)	Station closed

History

The Oswestry and Newtown Railway (O&NR) was authorised in 1855,^[1] and opened in stages.^[2] The final section, between Welshpool and Abermule, opened on 10 June 1861,^[3] and one of the stations opened that day was Montgomery.^[4]

The station was 40+1⁄4 miles (64.8 km) from Whitchurch,^[5] in Shropshire, between Forden and Abermule^[6] and was situated more than 1 mile (1.6 km) from the town of Montgomery.^[5] It had two platforms which were slightly staggered, and the station building was on the northern side; there was also a signal box and goods shed.^[5]

In June 1864, the O&NR amalgamated with several other companies to form the Cambrian Railways.^[7] As part of the 1923 Grouping, the Cambrian amalgamated with the Great Western Railway.^[8]

The station was closed by British Railways on 14 June 1965, along with many other wayside stations on the route (as a result of the Beeching Axe).^[4] Much of the infrastructure survived after closure however, including the signal box, eastbound platform, goods shed and main station buildings. The box was decommissioned and removed (along with the passing loop here) in 1969, but the other structures still stand today: the main building is a private house and the goods shed is in commercial use).^[9]

Notes

1. Kidner 1992, p. 11.
2. Kidner 1992, pp. 13, 15.
3. Kidner 1992, p. 15.
4. Butt 1995, p. 162.
5. Kidner 1992, p. 100.
6. Conolly 1976, p. 14, section B2.
7. Kidner 1992, pp. 18, 21.
8. Railway Clerks' Association 1922, pp. 11, 67.
9. Disused Stations - Montgomery Disused Stations Site Record; Retrieved 31 July 2017

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
• Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176.
• Kidner, R.W. (1992) [1954]. The Cambrian Railways. The Oakwood Library of Railway History (2nd ed.). Headington: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-439-3. OL55.
• Railway Clerks' Association (1922). The Reorganisation of British Railways: The Railways Act, 1921 (3rd ed.). London: Gray's Inn Press.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Shrewsbury to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 83-88. ISBN 9781906008291. OCLC 228374968.

External links

• Montgomery Station on navigable 1949 O.S. map
• Disused Stations - Montgomery

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Forden Line open, station closed		Cambrian Railways Oswestry and Newtown Railway		Abermule Line open, station closed