Penkridge is a stop on the West Coast Main Line in Staffordshire between Wolverhampton and Stafford.
Information
Type:
National Rail
(West Coast Main Line)
Station code:
PKG
Opened:
1837
Platforms:
2
The station was opened in 1837 by the Grand Junction Railway later taken over by the London and North Western Railway.
The railway needed to pass through the lands of Baron Hatherton. The Baron was an enthusiastic early user of the railways and granted access in return for the railway company building stopping two trains a day at Penkridge (and money too of course!)
The station is now unstaffed though retains station buildings, though they are shuttered up and not available to the public. Passenger facilities consist of ticket machines and the usual bus shelters.
