Stafford railway station
Stafford 
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Station entrance.
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| Location | |
| Place | Stafford |
| Local authority | Borough of Stafford |
| Coordinates | 52°48′13″N 2°07′23″W / 52.80359°N 2.12307°WCoordinates: 52°48′13″N 2°07′23″W / 52.80359°N 2.12307°W |
| Grid reference | SJ918229 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | STA |
| Managed by | Virgin Trains |
| Number of platforms | 5 (1, 3, 4, 5, 6) |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.842 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.929 million |
| 2013/14 |
2.038 million |
| 2014/15 |
2.119 million |
| 2015/16 |
2.228 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Grand Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 4 July 1837 | Station opened |
| 1844 | Rebuilt |
| 1862 | Rebuilt |
| 1962 | Current building opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stafford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Stafford railway station serves the county town of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. As it lies at the junction of the Trent Valley Line and the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line, it is an important main line interchange station on the West Coast Main Line.
Stafford station formerly served the now defunct Stafford to Uttoxeter and Stafford to Shrewsbury Lines. The present station, built in 1962, is the fourth station to have existed on this site.
The first station was built by the Grand Junction Railway and opened in July 1837. It soon became inadequate and was replaced by a second station in 1844. A third station was built in 1862 which was eventually replaced by the current concrete Brutalist building in 1962, built as part of the modernisation programme which saw the electrification of the West Coast Main Line.
Lines originally built by the Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway and the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company (to Shrewsbury) also used the station. The Stafford to Uttoxeter line closed to passenger traffic in 1939, with the Shrewsbury line closing as part of the Beeching Axe in 1964.
Following the rebuilding of the station between 1961 and 1962 by the architect William Robert Headley, Isabel, a narrow gauge engine built by local firm W.G. Bagnall stood on a plinth on the opposite side of Station Road at the junction of Railway Street, until it was removed in the mid-1980s and is now on the Amerton Railway.
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