Walsall railway station
Walsall 
|
|
|---|---|
Platforms one, two and three at Walsall.
|
|
| Location | |
| Place | Walsall |
| Local authority | Walsall |
| Grid reference | SP010984 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WSL |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
|
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.216 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.239 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.282 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.303 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.404 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for West Midlands |
| Zone | 4 |
| History | |
| Original company | South Staffordshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 9 April 1849 | 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 Walsall from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 |
|
Coordinates: 52°35′02″N 1°59′06″W / 52.5840°N 1.9851°W
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 10 3⁄4 miles (17.3 km) south on the Walsall Line, (operated on behalf of Network West Midlands), and north to Cannock and Rugeley.
The station has three platforms:
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.
An S&B self-service ticket machine was placed on Platform 1 but was no longer in place in April 2011; however, a similar machine remains in the station booking hall which is at street level above platform 3. The station has a staffed ticket office.
...
Wikipedia