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Codsall railway station

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Place
  
Codsall

Station code
  
CSL

DfT category
  
F2

Number of platforms
  
2

Grid reference
  
SJ864033

Managed by
  
London Midland

2011/12
  
0.121 million

Local authority
  
South Staffordshire

Codsall railway station

Address
  
Codsall, Wolverhampton WV8 1BZ, United Kingdom

Similar
  
Bilbrook railway station, Tipton railway station, Coseley railway station, Cradley Heath railway st, Walsall railway station

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Codsall railway station, situated on the Great Western Railway's London (Paddington) to Birkenhead via Birmingham (Snow Hill) line, serves the village of Codsall in Staffordshire, England. The station has two platforms.

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Gwr hall 4965 rood ashton hall at codsall railway station with the welsh marches


Services

Codsall is typically served every day except for Sunday by one train per hour in each direction between Birmingham New Street and Shrewsbury via Wolverhampton. These services are operated by London Midland with some extra trains at peak times on weekdays. Some late evening trains are operated by Arriva Trains Wales.

There are fewer trains on Sundays (every two hours each way) and all Sunday services are operated by ATW. These mostly run between Wolverhampton & Shrewsbury, though a few extend to Chester & Birmingham International.

Recent history

The original listed GWR footbridge between the two platforms was accidentally destroyed by contractors using a road-rail crane in June 2005. Five of the original cast iron columns have been damaged beyond repair. The replacement replica columns were cast at Barr and Grosvenor's foundry in Wolverhampton during 2007. Approximately 70% of the original wrought iron span was found to be salvageable for reuse in the replacement which has been rebuilt a little higher than the original to comply with current regulations.

The GWR signal box stood slightly to the east of Codsall station. It was taken out of use and control of the area passed to Madeley Junction as a result of the 2006 resignalling scheme. The lever and locking frame from the signal box were recovered by Network Rail for re-use in the south-west of England. The remaining re-usable parts of the signal box have been relocated to the Dean Forest Railway.

The station house on the westbound platform has undergone a renovation in recent years and is now home to a CAMRA award-winning public house known as The Station. This opened in 1999 under the licence of Holdens Brewery.

References

Codsall railway station Wikipedia