Stafford–Shrewsbury line

Goods services ceased between Stafford and Newport on 1 August 1966, and this branch from Wellington was cut back to Donnington on 22 November 1969.

A single-track stretch of the line, measuring approximately three kilometres in length, was reinstated in 2008 and 2009, linking Wellington to the newly built Telford International Railfreight Park.

[4] In March 2011, a group called the Shropshire, Telford and the Marches Strategic Rail Group voted to lobby government to invest in reopening the line, which included building new stations serving Donnington in north Telford, Newport, Shropshire and Gnosall,[5] stating that it would be a quicker alternative for a direct link to London.

[7] In January 2020 the UK Government announced a £500m fund to support the reopening of disused stations and lines closed under the Beeching cuts.

The Shropshire, Telford and the Marches Strategic Rail Group and Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard called for the reopening of the Stafford-Shrewsbury Line to reconnect Donnington and Newport.