Ludlow railway station

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History

The station opened on 21 April 1852, as the southern terminus of the first section of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway. Trains travelling to or from the south of the station pass through the short Ludlow Tunnel (Script error: No such module "convert". long), which passes under Gravel Hill and has its tunnel entrance immediately south of the platforms. A quarter of a mile to the north of the station was Clee Hill Junction, where from 1864 to 1962 a branch line ran to the quarries in the nearby Clee Hills to the east of Ludlow.

The engine shed closed in 1951 and the goods yard on 6 May 1968. In the late 1960s, the Victorian buildings at the station were demolished and the last signal boxes closed.

Stationmasters

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  • Hugh Morgans from 1852[2] (formerly goods manager at Conway)
  • Charles Allen ca. 1854 - ca. 1860
  • Richard Edwards ca. 1864 - ca. 1871
  • Martin Charles Tidmarsh ca. 1877 - 1882[3] (afterwards station master at Hereford)
  • Henry Hughes ca. 1884 - ca. 1898
  • Arthur Frederick Stringer ca. 1903 - ca. 1921
  • Edward Harrington 1924 - 1932[4] (from 1902 goods agent at Ludlow, from 1924 both roles combined)
  • Henry Edward Jones 1932[5] - 1942
  • Arthur Parry from 1942
  • Wilfred Henry P Glaswardine 1949[6] - 1952 (formerly station master at Welshpool)
  • Henry N. Duce ca. 1956

Accidents and incidents

  • At 3.15 am on 6 September 1956, a northbound parcels train, hauled by GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0 No. 9306, overran signals and ran into the rear of a Penzance to Manchester express passenger train[7] carrying 150 passengers but caused no deaths and only one serious shock casualty. The passenger train had halted because a lorry that had crashed into a level crossing at Onibury station had blocked the track.[8]

Passenger services

Passenger services are currently provided by Transport For Wales. The station is served by one to two trains per hour in each direction Mondays to Saturdays, and around fifteen trains each way on Sundays. There are direct trains to Crewe, Manchester Piccadilly, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Newport, Cardiff Central, Milford Haven, Chester and Holyhead. The only passenger services running on the line that do not call at Ludlow are the two North-South Wales express services that run Monday to Friday in each direction.[9]

Ludlow is the fourth busiest station by passenger numbers in Shropshire after Shrewsbury, Telford Central and Wellington.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Leominster style="background:#Template:KAW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Transport for Wales
Welsh Marches Line 		style="background:#Template:KAW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Craven Arms or Shrewsbury
Hereford style="background:#Template:KAW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Transport for Wales
Premier Service 		style="background:#Template:KAW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Shrewsbury

Facilities and access

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Looking south towards Ludlow Tunnel, with the ticket office on the right.

There are two platforms — platform 1 is the northbound platform (for Shrewsbury) and platform 2 is the southbound platform (for Hereford). There is level access to the ticket office and platform 1, the footbridge can now be reached by a recently installed lift from that platform. Level access to platform 2 is via a ramp down from Quarry Gardens, which also provides a ramp to the platform from the footbridge. A long path also provides a level access route that runs over the tunnel entrance between the platforms.

Facilities include a staffed ticket office (where railway-related books and light refreshments are available to buy), car parking, small weatherproof platform shelters, and an accessible adapted toilet. The platforms have no cover (Victorian canopies were removed in the 1960s). The station is served by Ludlow's two frequent 'town' bus services, the 701 and 722.

The goods shed (on the former goods yard that closed in 1968) adjacent to the railway line to the north of Station Drive is now home to the Ludlow Brewery. It has been renovated and is open to the public, with information on local railway history.[10]

See also

References

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  9. ↑ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 131
  10. ↑ WhatPub.com (CAMRA) Railway Shed, Ludlow

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Further reading

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External links

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