Willenhall Stafford Street railway station was a station built by the

Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway The Midland Railway branches around Walsall were built to give the Midland Railway independent access to Wolverhampton, and to a colliery district at Brownhills. The Midland Railway had a stake in the South Staffordshire Railway giving it acces ...

in 1872, and was operated by the

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...

from 1876 onwards. It served the town of

Willenhall Willenhall is a market town situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands, England, with a population taken at the 2011 census of 28,480. It is situated between Wolverhampton and Walsall, historically in the county of ...

, and was located to the north of the town centre. It was originally named Willenhall Market Place. It was one of two railway stations in the town - the other being Willenhall Bilston Street. The station closed in 1931.

Station site today

All railway-related bridges, overbridges and small relics remain in situ between Wednesfield and to the north of Willenhall Stafford Street and are now used by motors and pedestrians but the trackbed to the north towards Short Heath where the former over bridge carried onto an embankment is fenced off and heavily overgrown and is still visible on Stringes Lane .

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Disused railway stations in Walsall Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1872 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1931 Willenhall Former Midland Railway stations {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub