Dunstall Park railway station

Dunstall Park railway station was a station north of Wolverhampton Low Level railway station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line. The station opened on 1 December 1896.[2] Stafford Road engine shed and works and Oxley shed were nearby.[2] It saw high traffic due to the nearby Wolverhampton Racecourse but closed in 1968 when services between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury were switched to Wolverhampton High Level.

Dunstall Park
Down freight passing Dunstall Park station in 1958
LocationWolverhampton, Wolverhampton
England
Coordinates52.5999°N 2.1282°W / 52.5999; -2.1282
Grid referenceSJ914002
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 December 1896Opened[1]
1 January 1917closed
3 March 1919opened
4 March 1968Closed[1]

It was the first stop north from the Low Level station, and was served by local trains towards Shrewsbury, as well as those on the Wombourne Branch Line to Stourbridge.

The station site has since been demolished although freight and passenger trains still pass through the site. There is a bricked up pedestrian entrance and ramp to the former station.

Immediately south of the station site is the short connecting line to the Stafford-Wolverhampton line. This freight-only line was mostly used by coal trains to Ironbridge Power Station in recent years.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Wolverhampton Low Level   Great Western Railway
"The Wombourne Branch" (1925-1932)
  Tettenhall
  Great Western Railway
Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury (1854-1968)
  Birches and Bilbrook

References

  1. "Station Name: Dunstall Park". Disused Stations. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. Hendry, R. Preston; Hendry, R. Powell (1992). Paddington to the Mersey. Oxford Publishing Company. p. 89. ISBN 9780860934424. OCLC 877729237.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 21-25. ISBN 9781906008444. OCLC 286385795.


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