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 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Wolverhampton |
| Area | Wolverhampton |
| Coordinates | 52.5999°N 2.1282°W |
| Grid reference | SJ914002 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 December 1896 | Opened[1] |
| 1 January 1917 | closed |
| 3 March 1919 | opened |
| 4 March 1968 | Closed[1] |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
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.
| 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 |
Up goods including a dead engine in 1962
Down goods train passing under the LMR viaduct in 1962
References
- "Station Name: Dunstall Park". Disused Stations. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- Hendry, R. Preston; Hendry, R. Powell (1992). Paddington to the Mersey. Oxford Publishing Company. p. 89. ISBN 9780860934424. OCLC 877729237.
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Dunstall Park railway station
- Whittaker, Nicholas (1995). "Chapter 2". Platform Souls. London: Gollancz.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 21-25. ISBN 9781906008444. OCLC 286385795.