Penkridge railway station

Penkridge
265px Penkridge station, 10 February 2007
Location
Place	Penkridge
Local authority	South Staffordshire
Grid reference	SJ920139
Operations
Station code	PKG
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	177,608
2011/12	194,702
2012/13	191,984
2013/14	202,128
2014/15	201,540
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Penkridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Penkridge railway station is a station serving the town of Penkridge in Staffordshire, England.

It is situated on the Birmingham branch of the West Coast Main Line. To the north, the line continues towards Stafford. To the south, the line continues towards the city of Wolverhampton. The station is operated by London Midland, who run all of its train services.

History

The original station was built by the Grand Junction Railway. Baron Hatherton allowed to trains run across his land on the condition that two trains a day stopped at Penkridge. When closure of the station was proposed in 1962, the incumbent Baron Hatherton threatened to withdraw the right to cross his land if the station was closed.

Services

The station has a half-hourly service in each direction (hourly on Sundays), southbound to Birmingham New Street and northbound to Crewe and Liverpool Lime Street. A number of additional services call during the morning and evening weekday peak periods.

References

Lewis, Roy (1996). Staffordshire Railway Stations on old picture postcards (reprinted 2002). Nottingham: Reflections of a Bygone Age. ISBN 1-900138-05-0

External links

• Train times and station information for Penkridge railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wolverhampton		London Midland Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line		Stafford
	Disused railways
Gailey		London and North Western Railway former Grand Junction Railway		Stafford