Eardington could reopen for local trains as historic documents are rediscovered

ORIGINAL GWR documents from 1931 have recently been discovered, uncovering how the Severn Valley Railway’s Eardington Halt was managed, had its own station master and was a station in its own right.

While the railway between Hartlebury and Shrewsbury was built between 1858-62, the station at Eardington did not open until 1868. It served two local forges rather than the nearby villages of Chelmarsh and Eardington.

The Upper and Lower forges east and west of the station were owned by Hazledine & Co