Broome railway station

Broome National Rail
Location
Place Broome
Local authority Shropshire Council
Coordinates 52°25′23″N 2°53′06″W / 52.423°N 2.885°W / 52.423; -2.885Coordinates: 52°25′23″N 2°53′06″W / 52.423°N 2.885°W / 52.423; -2.885
Grid reference SO399809
Operations
Station code BME
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 1
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 1,642
2011/12 Decrease 1,472
2012/13 Increase 1,620
2013/14 Increase 1,990
2014/15 Increase 2,530
History
Key dates Opened 1861 (1861)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Broome from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Broome railway station is a railway station (though in present times is more akin to a halt) that serves the villages of Broome and Aston on Clun, in Shropshire, England. It is situated on the Heart of Wales Line 22 3⁄4 miles (36.6 km) south west of Shrewsbury. All trains that assist the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales.

The station is, according to the most recent figures, the least used National Rail station in the county of Shropshire.

History

The station in 1963; the passenger platforms to the left and the small goods yard (now a light industrial estate) to the right.

Broome station was built by the Knighton Railway company on their branch line between Craven Arms and Knighton,[1] 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.

The line was double track and the station had two platforms, but the line has been singled and the station now has just one platform.

Originally the station was named "Broom and Aston".[2]

Services

Broome railway station

There are four 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.[3] This is a request stop, whereby passengers have to signal to the driver to board or alight from the train.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Body, p.48
  2. ↑ Vision of Britain Clunbury
  3. ↑ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 129
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