Wenlock, Craven Arms and Lightmoor Extension Railway

Wenlock, Craven Arms and Lightmoor Extension Railway
Wellington & Severn Jcn Rly to Wellington Shrewsbury & Birmingham Rly to Wolverhampton Lightmoor Junction Lightmoor Lightmoor Platform Green Bank Halt Brick Kiln Bank Telford Coalbrookdale Coalbrookdale Albert Edward Bridge over River Severn Severn Valley Railway to Bridgnorth Ironbridge Power Station Buildwas Severn Valley Railway to Shrewsbury Farley Halt Much Wenlock Westwood Halt Presthope Easthope Halt Longville Rushbury Harton Road Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway to Shrewsbury Marsh Farm Junction Bishops Castle Railway Stretford Bridge Junction Wistanstow Halt Craven Arms and Stokesay Heart of Wales line to Llanelli & Swansea Welsh Marches line to Hereford & Newport

The Wenlock, Craven Arms and Lightmoor Extension Railway was a railway in Shropshire, England. It was built as two portions either end of the Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway between 1864 and 1867 and formed part of the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway. For much of its working life it was worked by the Great Western Railway and subsequently the Western Region of British Railways.

The line was authorised by Act of Parliament on 22 July 1861 to extend the line to Coalbrookdale in the north and to Marsh Farm Junction, just north of Craven Arms on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway in the south. Its length was 19½ miles.

The route today

Railway

The only portion that survives as a railway is the section between Lightmoor Junction and Buildwas for which the last use was the transport of coal to Ironbridge Power Station.

Footpath

Much of the remainder forms part of the Jack Mytton Way long distance pathway.

See also

• Albert Edward Bridge spanning the River Severn at Coalbrookdale.

References

• Knowles, Adrian (2022). The Wellington, Much Wenlock and Craven Arms Railway. Lydney: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 9781911038993.