Buttington railway station

Buttington railway station was a station in Buttington, Powys, Wales. The station was opened in November 1860 as Cefn, being renamed to Buttington a month later. It opened on the Oswestry and Newtown Railway line, and was subsequently served by the Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway in January 1862. The station was sited a mile north of the settlement of Buttington. The station had two lines running through it, both being worked bidirectionally. Each company used their own line.^[1]

Buttington
General information
Location	Buttington, Powys Wales
Coordinates	52.6827°N 3.0925°W / 52.6827; -3.0925
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]
Location

The station house was a two-story brick villa. Goods facilities were at the south of the station including a small branch line to a nearby brick works. There was a signal box to the west of the line. The station was substantially rebuilt (with additional platforms) in 1893 by the Cambrian Railways, when the route west to Welshpool was conventiionally doubled. In 1902 the station gained a footbridge, which then had four platforms. In the mid 1950s the Cambrian up platform and the footbridge was demolished.^[1]

By 1958 there were 18 trains running Monday to Friday, with some only stopping on request. Only one train stopped on Sundays.^[1]

It was closed to both passenger and goods traffic on 12 September 1960,^[2] along with all the other intermediate stations on the Shrewsbury to Welshpool section.^[1] The signal box closed in 1964. 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]