Bescot Stadium is a stop on the Chase Line in the West Midlands between Tame Bridge Parkway and Walsall.
GBRf 66 786 leads a freight through Bescot Stadium
Information
Type:
National Rail (Chase Line)
Station code:
BSC
Opened:
1837
Platforms:
2
Bescot Stadium was originally known as Bescot and then Bescot Junction when it was opened by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837. The current name dates from 1990 and the opening of the nearby stadium owned by Walsall FC. The station has two island platforms up until the 1960s [1]. The line through the station was electrified in 1966.
Bescot Stadium is on the Chase or Walsall Line with most services between Birmingham New Street and Walsall though some also go on to Wolverhampton. The station is next to Bescot TMD and yard, indeed the station is sandwiched between the depot and the M6 motorway.
Access to the station is via a footbridge that crosses over the river Tame and passes under the motorway. The station is managed by West Midlands Railway.
LNWR 350 119 departs for Walsall
66 148 shunts in the yard
Lines North of the station
LNWR 350 406 stands at the station
An Avanti WC train passes through
[1] Vic Mitchell, North of Birmingham (Middleton Press, 2014) Fig. 34
