Rednal & West Felton railway station was a minor station on the GWR'sPaddington to Birkenhead main line. Today, this is part of the Shrewsbury to Chester line. The distinctive red brick station building (now a private house) can still be seen on the west side of the line.
History
Express trains did not call at Rednal & West Felton, only local services.
Fatal railway accident at Rednal, 1865
On 7 June 1865, it was the site of a rail crash which killed 13 and injured 30. The driver of a heavy excursion train from Birkenhead to Shrewsbury failed to see a warning flag for track maintenance approaching the station and derailed.
According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H & C and there was a three-ton crane.
References
^Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN0-905466-19-5
^Red for Danger by L.T.C. Rolt publ 1955, page 126-7
