Hookagate and Redhill
The site of the station in 1998
General information
LocationHook-a-Gate, Shropshire
England
Coordinates52°40′58″N 2°47′11″W / 52.6829°N 2.7864°W / 52.6829; -2.7864
Grid referenceSJ470097
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingShropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway
Post-groupingShropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway
Key dates
14 April 1911Opened as Red Hill
May 1921Name changed to Hookagate[1]
1927Name changed to Hookagate and Redhill
6 November 1933Closed for public services

Hookagate and Redhill railway station was a station in Hook-a-Gate, Shropshire, England. The station was opened in 1911 and closed in 1933.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ↑ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 347. OCLC 931112387.
  3. ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1991). Branch Line to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 99-104. ISBN 9780906520864. OCLC 26310498.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Shrewsbury to Newtown. Middleton Press. figs. 19-21. ISBN 9781906008291. OCLC 880765045.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hanwood Road
Line and station closed		   Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway
   Meole Brace
Line and station closed


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