Dunstall Park railway station

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Dunstall Park
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Down freight passing Dunstall Park station in 1958
General information
Location Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton
England
Coordinates 52°36′00″N2°07′42″W / 52.5999°N 2.1282°W / 52.5999; -2.1282 Coordinates: 52°36′00″N2°07′42″W / 52.5999°N 2.1282°W / 52.5999; -2.1282
Grid reference SJ914002
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great 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]

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.

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

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References

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

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