Codsall is a stop on the
Birmingham New Street-
Shrewsbury line in Staffordshire between
Bilbrook and
Albrighton.
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| WMR 170 502 arrives at the station |
| Information |
| Type: |
National Rail
(Birmingham-Shrewsbury Line) |
| Station code: |
CSL |
| Opened: |
1849 |
| Platforms: |
2 |
The station was opened by the Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway in 1849 later becoming part of the Great Western Railway in 1854. The station being on the GWR line from
London Paddington to
Birkenhead. The station building dates from from the 1850s with a GWR footbridge added in 1883. This was unfortunately destroyed by a contractor's crane in accident in 2005 [1], the bridge was later restored though is slightly higher than the original bridge.
The station had a goods yard but this was closed in 1964 [2]. A signalbox to the East of the station was closed in 2006. The original station building is now a pub. Station facilities are the usual shelters and screens. The station is served by West Midlands Railway with two trains an hour in each direction with a limited number of stops by Transport for Wales.
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| View down the platform showing the footbridge |
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| Original station building |
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| View down the platform showing WMR signage |
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| Road bridge and station sign, the entrance is to the left |
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| Under the bridge |
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury (Middleton Press, 2009) Fig. 65
[2] Ibid. Fig. 63
