Walsall railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Walsall | ||
| Local authority | Walsall | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | WSL | ||
| Managed by | London Midland | ||
| Platforms in use | 3 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.547 million | ||
| Passenger Transport Executive | |||
| PTE | West Midlands | ||
| Zone | 4 | ||
| History | |||
| 1849 1884 1923 1980 |
Opened Rebuilt |
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| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Walsall from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Walsall railway station is the principal railway station of Walsall, West Midlands, England and situated in the heart of the town. It is operated by London Midland, who run all of its train services. The main entrance is situated inside the Saddlers Shopping Centre.
Services from the station go to Birmingham New Street 17 km (10¾ miles) south on the Walsall Line, (operated on behalf of Centro), to Cannock, Rugeley and Stafford (the Chase Line), and to Wolverhampton.
As part of its West Midlands Route Utilisation Strategy, the Strategic Rail Authority has proposed that the service to Wolverhampton be withdrawn, proposing that passengers should use local bus services instead. However, Centro has guaranteed funding for the Walsall to Wolverhampton service until Winter 2008 instead of originally being 2007, and has funded an extra morning service to Wolverhampton to start with the 2005-2006 winter timetable.
The station has three platforms:
- Platform 1: operating northbound services to Rugeley and Stafford;
- Platform 2: operating southbound, semi-fast services from Stafford to Birmingham New Street;
- Platform 3: (a terminus platform) operating local services to Birmingham New Street and to Wellington via Wolverhampton.
Platforms 2 and 3 have been recently refurbished, with a new waiting room added and enigmatic "poetry" on the walls of the stairs to the platforms. The mainline platforms are not electrified, but platform 3 (and the through line next to it) are electrified to 25kV AC Overhead power. This electrification ends for both tracks at the northern end of the platforms.
[edit] Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes four trains per hour go southbound to Birmingham New Street (two fast and two stopping services) with an hourly service northbound to Stafford.
Evenings and Sundays there are two trains per hour to Birmingham (one fast and one stopping) and an hourly service northbound to Rugeley Trent Valley.
There is also an hourly service daily to Wolverhampton
[edit] Gallery
 A view from platform 1 looking north towards the tunnel under the Saddlers Centre |
 Walsall railway station in 1979 |
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Walsall railway station from National Rail
- History of Walsall's train station
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Bescot Stadium | London Midland Walsall Line/Chase Line |
Bloxwich | ||
| Terminus | London Midland Walsall-Wolverhampton |
Wolverhampton | ||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| Rushall or Terminus |
South Staffordshire Railway Later LNWR, then LMS, finally BR South Staffs Line (1849-1964) |
Wednesbury Town | ||
| North Walsall | Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway Later Midland Railway |
Terminus | ||
