Broome railway station is a railway station serving the village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

s of Broome

Broome, Shropshire

Broome is a small village in the parish of Hopesay, Shropshire, England.It has a railway station and is near to Aston on Clun, Clungunford and Craven Arms. There is a pub - the Engine and Tender the heart and soul to broome is this pub and you can visit the pubs webpage on...

 and Aston on Clun

Aston on Clun

Aston on Clun is a village in Shropshire, England. Population: 253.It lies near to the River Clun, on the B4368, in between the towns of Clun and Craven Arms. The village of Broome, which has a railway station, is also close by. It is in the parish of Hopesay....

, in Shropshire

Shropshire

Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

, England

England

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. It is situated on the Heart of Wales Line

Heart of Wales Line

The Heart of Wales Line is a railway line running from Craven Arms in Shropshire to Llanelli in South Wales. It runs, as the name suggests, through some of the heartlands of Wales. It serves a number of rural centres en route, including several once fashionable spa towns, including Llandrindod Wells...

, 22¾ miles (36.5 km) south west of . All trains serving the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales

Arriva Trains Wales

Arriva Trains Wales is a train operating company, owned by Arriva, that operates urban and inter urban passenger services in Wales and the Welsh Marches...

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History

Broome station was built by the Knighton Railway company on their branch line between and Knighton

Knighton

Knighton may mean:* Knighton, Powys a market town on the English/Welsh border**Knighton railway station serving the above town**Knighton Town F.C., its football club* Knighton, Leicestershire, a suburb of Leicester, England* In Staffordshire:...

, opening with the line in 1861. In 1895 a wind engine was erected at the station for the London and North Western Railway

London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...

 by John Wallis Titt

John Wallis Titt

John Wallis Titt was a late nineteenth-century mechanical engineer and builder of a particular design of large wind engine.-Early life:...

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The line was double track and the station had two platforms, but the line has been singled and the station now has just one platform.

Services

There are four trains a day in each direction from Monday to Saturday, and two services on Sundays. This is a request stop

Request stop

In public transport, a request stop or flag stop describes a stopping point at which trains or buses stop only on an as-need or request basis; that is, only if there are passengers to be picked up or dropped off. In this way, infrequently used stopping points can be served efficiently.Trains save...

, whereby passengers have to signal to the driver to board or alight from the train.

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