Wolverhampton | |
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Location | |
Place | Wolverhampton |
Local authority | City of Wolverhampton |
Coordinates | 52°35′15″N 2°07′12″W / 52.5875°N 2.1200°WCoordinates: 52°35′15″N 2°07′12″W / 52.5875°N 2.1200°W |
Grid reference | SO919988 |
Operations | |
Station code | WVH |
Managed by | Virgin Trains |
Number of platforms | 6 |
DfT category | B |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2011/12 | 4.189 million |
2012/13 | 4.207 million |
2013/14 | 4.406 million |
2014/15 | 4.496 million |
– Interchange | 0.318 million |
2015/16 | 4.746 million |
– Interchange | 0.332 million |
Passenger Transport Executive | |
PTE | Transport for West Midlands |
Zone | 5 |
History | |
Original company | Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
1 July 1852 | Opened as Wolverhampton (Queen Street) |
1 June 1885 | Renamed Wolverhampton (High Level) |
7 May 1973 | Renamed Wolverhampton |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wolverhampton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
Midland Metro tram stop | |
Location | Railway Drive Wolverhampton England |
Line(s) | Line 1 (Birmingham – Wolverhampton) |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
Opening | By 2019 |
Traffic | |
Passengers | N/A |
Wolverhampton railway station in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England is on the Birmingham Loop of the West Coast Main Line. It is served by London Midland, CrossCountry, Virgin Trains and Arriva Trains Wales, and was historically known as Wolverhampton High Level.
The first station on this site was opened on 1 July 1852 by the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway, a subsidiary of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR); it was named Wolverhampton Queen Street. The only visible remnant of the original station is the Queen's Building, the gateway to Railway Drive which was the approach road to the station. The building was originally the carriage entrance to the station and was completed three years before the main station building. Today, it forms part of Wolverhampton bus station.
Two years later, on 1 July 1854, the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OWWR) opened a second station, located behind the older station on lower ground, which became known as the Wolverhampton Low Level station from April 1856, the other becoming known as Wolverhampton High Level from 1 June 1885.
From 1923, the LNWR was amalgamated into the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), and in 1948 it became part of the London Midland Region of British Railways.