Cosford railway station
Cosford railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Cosford in Shropshire, England. It also serves RAF Cosford which is also home to a branch of the Royal Air Force Museum.Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “COS”, “Cosford Railway Station”, and “Cosford Station”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include RAF Cosford and Royal Air Force Museum Midlands.
RAF Cosford
Aerodrome
Photo: John Chorley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Air Force Cosford or RAF Cosford is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Cosford, Shropshire, England just to the northwest of Wolverhampton and next to Albrighton.
Royal Air Force Museum Midlands
Museum
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, located at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, is a free museum dedicated to the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force in particular. Royal Air Force Museum Midlands is situated 3,000 feet west of Cosford railway station.
Albrighton railway station
Railway station
Photo: A Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Albrighton railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Albrighton in Shropshire, England. The former up goods yard is now occupied by a small estate of low rise offices. Albrighton railway station is situated 1½ miles east of Cosford railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Albrighton and Tong.
Albrighton
Village
Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Albrighton is a large village in the civil parish of Albrighton and Donington, in Shropshire, England, 8 miles northwest of Wolverhampton and 11 miles northeast of Bridgnorth.
Tong
Village
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Tong is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, also bordering Staffordshire in England. It is located between the towns of Shifnal, Newport and Brewood.
Boningale
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boningale is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The village lies just south of Albrighton, and just west of the county border with Staffordshire. Boningale is situated 2 miles southeast of Cosford railway station.
Cosford railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Donington, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.64485° or 52° 38′ 41″ northLongitude
-2.30069° or 2° 18′ 3″ westElevation
279 feet (85 metres)Operator
West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)Network
National RailAbbreviation
“COS”Open location code
9C4VJMVX+WPOpenStreetMap ID
node 3711941419OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noGeoNames ID
6952354Wikidata ID
Q1945497
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Cosford railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Cosford”
- Dutch: “Station Cosford”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة كوسفورد”
- French: “Cosford”
- French: “gare de Cosford”
- Urdu: “کوس فورڈ ریلوے اسٹیشن”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Cosford”
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