Stafford railway station
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Stafford railway station (Ordnance Survey grid reference ) is an important main line interchange station in the United Kingdom. It serves the county town of Stafford.
From the south, two branches of the West Coast Main Line meet here; the Trent Valley branch and the Birmingham branch. To the north, the trunk of the line continues towards Crewe, whilst the Manchester branch goes on to Stoke-on-Trent.
History
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.The Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway and Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company line to Shrewsbury also used the station up to the 1960's.
It is notable for the absence of a Platform 2.
References
Lewis, Roy (1996). Staffordshire Railway Stations on old picture postcards (reprinted 2002). Nottingham: Reflections of a Bygone Age. ISBN 1-900138-05-0External links
- [Train times] and [station information] for Stafford railway station from National Rail
- [Street map] and [aerial photo] of Stafford railway station from Multimap.com
| West Coast Main Line |
| Principal stations (from south to north) London Euston Watford Junction Milton Keynes Central Rugby Nuneaton Tamworth Lichfield Trent Valley Stafford Crewe then >Manchester Piccadilly or >Liverpool Lime Street or Warrington Bank Quay Wigan North Western Preston Lancaster Oxenholme Lake District Penrith North Lakes Carlisle Lockerbie Carstairs Junction then Motherwell Glasgow Central or >Haymarket >Edinburgh Waverley |
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