The Railways of Telford once again. ......

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The LNWR Coalport Branch

After the construction of the Wellington and Severn Junction Railway (W&SJR) and it being included in the GWR network, the LNWR found it necessary to take an interest in the Shropshire Canal as an alternative means of accessing the area.

The industrial areas immediately North of the River Severn were served by a whole series of tramroads which linked to the River Severn or to the Shropshire Canal and eventually to the W&SJR. Increasing problems with the Shropshire Canal led the LNWR to conclude that it needed to replace it, and the Coalport Branch was the result.

This is the first of a series of articles about the line:

The Railways of Telford – the Coalport Branch of the LNWR – Part 1 – Hadley to Malins Lee Station

Wikipedia provides this schematic map of the Coalport Branch which highlights the key stations and sidings. [3] History The history of the Coalport Branch begins with competition between rival rail…

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Articles about the W&SJR can be found on this thread:

The Railways of Telford again. ....

The Wellington & Severn Junction Railway (W&SJR) - Part 1 This is the first post about the different railway routes in Telford. The W&SJR ran through Lawley and Dawley which are within a mile or so of our home in Malinslee, Telford...

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The LNWR Coalport Branch again. ...

Just after publishing the first article about the branch, I received an email from David Clarke offering some photos from his collection This prompted another look for photos on my part.

This addendum to the first article is prompted by David's email and includes a few other items as well. ...

The Railways of Telford – the Coalport Branch – Part 1A

Very soon after publishing the first article about the Coalport Branch, [7] I was contacted by David Clarke with an offer of relevant photographs from his collection. David Clarke is the author of …

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The LNWR Coalport Branch - Part 2

This second length of the Branch runs from what was Malins Lee Station (although the area is now known as Malinslee) to Madeley Market Station. ....

The Railways of Telford – the Coalport Branch of the LNWR – Part 2 – Malins Lee Station to Madeley Market Station

Wikipedia provides this schematic map of the Coalport Branch which highlights the key stations and sidings. [17] History The history of the Coalport Branch begins with competition between rival rai…

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The LNWR Coalport Branch - Part 3

The final length of the Branch running from Madeley Market Station to Coalport East Station

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The Coalport Branch once more ....

Another addendum which focusses on the first, the northern, section of the Branch. .....

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The Coalport Branch again. .....

Immediately after publishing an article about the most southerly length of the Coalport branch, I was contacted by Ian Turpin who had constructed a model of Coalport East Station. This addendum is written with his kind permission using photos of his model. ....

The Railways of Telford – The Coalport Branch – Part 3A

Immediately after publishing the article about the most southerly length of the Branch (Part 3), I was contacted by Ian Turpin who built a model of Coalport East Railway Station some years ago. He …

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This next article is about The Humber Arm of the Newport Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal and the Lilleshall Company's tramways, and later mineral railway, which connected the Arm to Old Lodge Furnaces and to a number of coalmines and ironworking sites around Donnington in present day Telford and Wrekin.

The Humber Arm Canal, Tramway and Railway – East Shropshire.

The Humber Arm Railway linked an earlier canal branch (which ran from the Newport Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal at Kynnersley to a wharf at Lubstree close to The Humbers, a small hamlet Nort…

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The Humber Arm Railway linked an earlier canal branch (which ran from the Newport Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal at Kynnersley to a wharf at Lubstree close to The Humbers, a small hamlet North of the old LNWR mainline through Donnington and on the North side of Venning Barracks, the base of the 11th Signal Brigade and Headquarters West Midlands, part of the British Army's 3rd UK Division.) with the Lilleshall Company's private rail network.

 

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The Lilleshall Company's Railways and Tramways served Old Lodge Furnaces and Granville Colliery. This next article looks at that part of their private rail network. ....

The Canals, Tramways and Railways of East Shropshire – The Lilleshall Company – Old Lodge Furnaces and Granville Colliery

In the previous article in this series, we looked at the Humber Arm, the tramway which ran from Lubstree Wharf on the Arm to Old Lodge Furnaces and the later mineral railway which operated from 187…

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Buildwas to Much Wenlock. ....

This article follows on from three other articles which covered the Wellington to Severn Junction Railway and which reached as far along the line as Buildwas.

The Railways of East Shropshire (and Telford) – the Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway, Buildwas to Much Wenlock.

This article follows on from three other articles which covered the Wellington to Severn Junction Railway and which reached as far along the line as Buildwas. Those articles can be found on these l…

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The Lilleshall Company Railways again. ....

This next article covers the length of the Lilleshall Company railway network from their Grange Colliery to the Hollingswood Sidings which connected to the GWR main line between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton. ...

The Lilleshall Company’s Railways – Part 3 – Grange Colliery to Hollinswood Sidings.

The dotted lines on this sketch map are private railways. The Lilleshall Company’s main line runs from Granville and Grange Collieries in the top-right of the sketch map via Old Lodge Ironwor…

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The next article relating to the Railways of Telford has a thread of its own . It focuses on the railways of Oakengates. It can be found on this forum on this link:

The Railways of Oakengates

East Shropshire is well known as the ‘cradle of the Industrial Revolution’ with iron works, coal mines and furnaces all well established by 1760. Oakengates is a small town situated in the former Shropshire industrial area, and is roughly midway between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, which has...

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