Overstretched Shrewsbury railway station could get new platform and bridge
A new platform and passenger footbridge could form part of a multi-million pound investment at Shrewsbury railway station.
Network Rail today released a plan to cope with huge increases in rail users that have left services overcrowded.
Among options being considered is the construction of a new platform opposite the Buttermarket nightclub in Howard Street.
The existing platform three may also be extended outwards so it can be used for routes heading towards Crewe.
Currently travellers have to leave the station to get between platform three and the rest of the station, and if it is widened, and platform eight built, a footbridge could be constructed to get between them all.
The current bridge, which is of more use to people getting between Castlefields and the town centre then to passengers, would be retained.
The plans are part of the Welsh Route Study, published by the publicly-owned rail infrastructure company.
