Craven Arms railway station

The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway company was the first to serve the town, arriving from the north in 1852 and completing its route through to Hereford the following year. The Knighton Railway constructed the first of the three branches from the main line between 1858 and 1861. The second branch was that of the Bishops Castle Railway, which arrived in 1865 via a junction with the main line about 1 km to the north. The route from Much Wenlock was completed by the Wenlock, Craven Arms and Lightmoor Extension railway in 1867, joining the main line a few miles north of the town at Marsh Farm Junction. Between 1865 and 1935, Craven Arms was the junction terminus of the Bishops Castle Railway.…

The station has two platforms, connected by a footbridge: Prior to these changes, southbound trains to and beyond used platform 1 in both directions, the crossover that gave access to the branch being sited to the north near Long Lane crossing; this has now been relocated to the south end of the station.