Codsall railway station

Codsall
Location
Place	Codsall
Local authority	South Staffordshire
Grid reference	SJ864033
Operations
Station code	CSL
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	104,952
2011/12	121,430
2012/13	115,528
2013/14	115,406
2014/15	108,848
History
Key dates	Opened 1849 (1849)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Codsall from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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.

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 and all Sunday services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales.

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 license of Holdens Brewery.

Restored listed footbridge

External links

• Train times and station information for Codsall railway station from National Rail
• Codsall footbridge accident

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bilbrook		Arriva Trains Wales Birmingham - Chester		Albrighton
Bilbrook		London Midland Wolverhampton/Birmingham-Shrewsbury Mondays-Saturdays only		Albrighton