The Shrewsbury Railway Heritage Trust, which looks after Abbey Station in Shrewsbury, has received the money from Shropshire Council and the Community Asset Pilot Grant Scheme.
The station, once a terminal for The Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway and the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway, has undergone approximately 20 years of restoration work to slowly develop as a community facility. “Abbey Station is a superb community asset for Shropshire residents – and was donated to the trust under the Shropshire Council Community Asset Transfer scheme.
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