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Dunstall Park railway station

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Dunstall Park station geograph 2516514 by Ben Brooksbank
Dunstall Park station geograph 2516514 by Ben Brooksbank

Dunstall Park railway station was a station north of Wolverhampton Low Level railway station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line. The station opened on 1 December 1896. Stafford Road engine shed and works and Oxley shed were nearby. It saw high traffic due to the nearby Wolverhampton Racecourse but closed in 1968 when services between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury were switched to Wolverhampton High Level. It was the first stop north from the Low Level station, and was served by local trains towards Shrewsbury, as well as those on the Wombourne Branch Line to Stourbridge. The station site has since been demolished although freight and passenger trains still pass through the site. There is a bricked up pedestrian entrance and ramp to the former station. Immediately south of the station site is the short connecting line to the Stafford-Wolverhampton line. This freight-only line was mostly used by coal trains to Ironbridge Power Station in recent years.

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Dunstall Park railway station
Stafford Road, Wolverhampton Low Hill

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Dunstall Park

Stafford Road
WV10 6JF Wolverhampton, Low Hill
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Dunstall Park station geograph 2516514 by Ben Brooksbank
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