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Wellington railway station serves the town of Wellington, Shropshire, England. It is situated on the former Great Western Railway's London (Paddington) to Birkenhead via Birmingham (Snow Hill) line. Trains are operated by London Midland (who manage the station), Arriva Trains Wales and Virgin Trains (West Coast). ==History== The station was built at the junction of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway with the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company's line from Stafford via Newport. It was opened on 1 June 1849. It subsequently also became a busy junction interchange station, serving lines north to (the Wellington and Drayton Railway opened in 1867 and south (the Wellington and Severn Junction Railway to , opened in 1857) as well as that to Stafford. All three branches closed in the early 1960s - the Coalbrookdale line being the first to go in July 1962, that to Market Drayton & Nantwich following in September 1963 and the Stafford line almost exactly a year later under the Beeching Axe in 1964. The town of Wellington was designated as part of the new town of Telford in the 1960s. As Telford did not have its own railway station at first, Wellington station was renamed "Wellington - Telford West" to indicate that it now served the new town. After Telford Central station opened in 1986, Wellington eventually reverted to its original name, although this did not happen for a number of years. Although, in its heyday, the station had more platforms, it currently (May 2015) has only three: two through platforms and one bay platform.〔(Wellington Station - Platform 2 ) ''National Rail Enquires'' website; Retrieved 01-07-2015〕 Platform 3, the bay platform, is now out of regular use following the withdrawal of the Wellington to Walsall local service and its subsequent replacement with through Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Street local services. In late 2009-early 2010 the station was refurbished by London Midland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wellington (Shropshire) railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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