Prees railway station

Prees

Location
Place	Prees
Local authority	Shropshire Council
Grid reference	SJ537337
Operations
Station code	PRS
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	6,177
2005/06	5,977
2006/07	5,573
2007/08	5,944
2008/09	8,112
2009/10	8,362
2010/11	8,614
2011/12	8,670
2012/13	5,112
2013/14	4,892
2014/15	6,242
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Prees from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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.

The station has two platforms and trains only stop here upon request.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly service from here southbound to Shrewsbury and northbound to Crewe with four trains a day in each direction on Sundays.^[2]

References

↑ 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.
↑ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 131

External links

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Train times and station information for Prees railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wem		Arriva Trains Wales Welsh Marches Line		Whitchurch

Railway stations in Shropshire

National Rail stations	Albrighton Broome Bucknell Church Stretton Cosford Craven Arms Gobowen Hopton Heath Knighton Ludlow Oakengates Prees Shifnal Shrewsbury Telford Central Wellington (Shropshire) Wem Whitchurch (Shropshire) Yorton

Severn Valley Railway stations	Bridgnorth Hampton Loade Country Park Halt Highley

Cambrian Heritage Railways stations	Oswestry Llynclys South Penygarreg Lane Halt

Telford Steam Railway stations	Horsehay and Dawley Spring Village Lawley Common

Main article: Railways of Shropshire

Coordinates: 52°53′57″N 2°41′22″W / 52.8992°N 2.6895°W / 52.8992; -2.6895

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