Qype: Shrewsbury Railway Station in Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury - Travel & Hotels - Stations

I was off to Aberystwyth from my home in Cardiff, entrusting myself to the rail system, so naturally I had to get on a train and go to England before getting on another train and travelling back into Wales and cross country to Aber.
That's how I found myself standing on platform 4a of Shrewsbury Station on a drizzly October day, clutching a cardboard cup of nasty coffee and coveting it like it held the last vestiges of warmth on planet earth.

But back to the station itself. It's a fair size - 7 platforms i think. Accessible from platform 4 is 'The Lemon Tree' cafe and kiosk, which sells food and drink (should have gone for late, not filter), newspapers, magazines etc. They have a handful of tables scattered at the back of the shop.

There are plenty of benches along the platforms, but the corrugated roof covering platforms 4a and 5 seemed to have leaks all around each support pillar.
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