Hednesford Railway Station

Hednesford railway station serves the town of Hednesford in Staffordshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland. HistoryThe station was opened in 1859 on the Cannock Mineral Railway's line from to and taken over by the London and North Western Railway a decade later (though the LNWR had worked the line from the outset). It closed to passengers on 18 January 1965 and to goods traffic on 6 September the same year as a result of the Beeching Axe, though the line that passed through remained in use for goods & mineral traffic, serving the power station at Rugeley and various local collieries. The station reopened in 1989 by British Rail, as the terminus of the first stage of the reopening of the Chase Line from Walsall to passenger trains. At first, there was just a single platform (the current Walsall-bound one); however when services were extended to Rugeley Town in 1997, a second platform was added. The station has undergone improvements with the fitting of a live information system and card ticket machines, completed in April 2010. The Penalty fare scheme operates at the station (and has done since late 2009), so passengers must buy a ticket or permit to travel from the machines at the station to avoid paying the £20 surcharge. A minor extension to Platform One was completed in October 2012. The route through the station will be resignalled & electrified in the next few years - the signalling work is due for completion in August 2013 (with the signal box here one of those scheduled to close) and electrification will follow by December 2017.

Hednesford railway station serves the town of Hednesford in Staffordshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland. HistoryThe station was opened in 1859 on the Cannock Mineral Railway's line from to and taken over by the London and North Western Railway a decade later (though the LNWR had worked the line from the outset). It closed to passengers on 18 January 1965 and to goods traffic on 6 September the same year as a result of the Beeching Axe, though the line that passed through remained in use for goods & mineral traffic, serving the power station at Rugeley and various local collieries. The station reopened in 1989 by British Rail, as the terminus of the first stage of the reopening of the Chase Line from Walsall to passenger trains. At first, there was just a single platform (the current Walsall-bound one); however when services were extended to Rugeley Town in 1997, a second platform was added. The station has undergone improvements with the fitting of a live information system and card ticket machines, completed in April 2010. The Penalty fare scheme operates at the station (and has done since late 2009), so passengers must buy a ticket or permit to travel from the machines at the station to avoid paying the £20 surcharge. A minor extension to Platform One was completed in October 2012. The route through the station will be resignalled & electrified in the next few years - the signalling work is due for completion in August 2013 (with the signal box here one of those scheduled to close) and electrification will follow by December 2017.