Buttington railway station

Buttington railway station was a station in Buttington, Powys, Wales. The station was opened in November 1860, several months after the line that served it (the Oswestry and Newtown Railway). A second line - the jointly operated Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway reached the station in January 1862. It was substantially rebuilt (with additional platforms) in 1893 by the Cambrian Railway, when the route west to Welshpool was doubled.

Buttington
Location	Buttington, Powys Wales
Coordinates	52.6827°N 3.0925°W
Grid reference	SJ262100
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Oswestry and Newtown Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
November 1860	Opened[1]
12 September 1960	Closed[1]

It was closed to both passenger and goods traffic on 12 September 1960, along with all the other intermediate stations on the Shrewsbury to Welshpool section.[1] The former O&NR route to Oswestry and Whitchurch subsequently closed in January 1965, leaving just the Shrewsbury to Welshpool line in operation - this is still open today, though no trace of the station itself remains.[1]

References

1. "Station Name: Buttington". Disused Stations. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Shrewsbury to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 59-62. ISBN 9781906008291. OCLC 228374968.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Breidden Line open, station closed		GWR and LNWR joint Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway		Welshpool Line and station open
Pool Quay Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Oswestry and Newtown Railway