Berrington and Eye station

The attractive station buildings still stand as a private residence on the north to south, Welsh Marches route between Ludlow and Leominster. It was opened in 1853 on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, becoming part of the GWR/LNWR Joint Railway. The station closed in 1958. The main line is still a busy double-track link through the border country. Before the re-routing of most inter-regional expresses via Birmingham, this was an important line taking traffic from the north west to the south west of England. We used it for family holidays from Liverpool as far as Taunton in 1963 and Bristol Temple Meads in 1964. I travelled south under this bridge on 27/7/63, hauled by Castle Class No. 4087 Cardigan Castle. Today Transport for Wales operate services connecting the north and south of the country, though by way of a sizeable English diversion. The bridge at Eye on the minor road west from the National Trust property at Berrington Hall crosses the line here. The wall is high and the bridge parapet makes taking pictures a little more demanding than usual.