Prees railway station

Prees railway station serves the village of Prees in Shropshire, England, although the station is a mile to the west of the village and in the parish of Wem Rural. The station is 18 miles 36 chains (29.7 km) from Crewe South Junction[1] (approximately 14.0 mi (22.5 km) north of Shrewsbury) on the Welsh Marches Line. It was opened by the Crewe and Shrewsbury Railway in 1858.

Prees
National Rail
General information
LocationPrees, Shropshire Council
England
Grid referenceSJ537337
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codePRS
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1858
Passengers
2017/18Increase 7,374
2018/19Decrease 6,276
2019/20Increase 6,318
2020/21Decrease 1,676
2021/22Increase 3,362
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station has two platforms and trains only stop here upon request. It is managed by Transport for Wales.

Facilities

It is unstaffed and has no ticketing provision - tickets must be bought on the train or prior to travel. The old buildings that once stood here have been demolished (as has the signal box following resignalling work in 2013) and only standard waiting shelters are now provided. Train running information is offered via CIS displays, timetable posters and customer help points on each side (there is also a payphone on platform 2). Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps and the road crossing at the north end.[2]

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly service from here southbound to Shrewsbury and northbound to Crewe. These are mostly local trains stopping at all stations en route, but two on weekdays continue to Swansea via the Heart of Wales Line and some early morning and late evening trains are through trains to either Manchester Piccadilly or Cardiff Central. Six southbound and four northbound trains call on Sundays.[3]

References
  1. Yonge, John (March 2005) [1990]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 4: Midlands & North West (2nd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 23A. ISBN 0-9549866-0-1.
  2. Prees station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  3. Table 131 National Rail timetable, December 2018

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Shrewsbury to Crewe. Middleton Press. pp. 37–46. ISBN 9781908174482. OCLC 880765045.
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