Wilnecote railway station

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Wilnecote
National Rail
Wilnecote station - 2009-04-30.jpg
LocationWilnecote, Tamworth
England
Grid referenceSK217014
Managed byWest Midlands Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWNE
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
1842Opened as Wilnecote and Fazeley
1904Renamed as Wilnecote
Passengers
2016/17Increase 111,610
2017/18Increase 115,680
2018/19Increase 124,596
2019/20Decrease 117,166
2020/21Decrease 17,668
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Wilnecote railway station is a small unmanned station serving Wilnecote 1.5 miles (2 km) south of Tamworth town centre in Staffordshire, England. The station is situated beneath a bridge which carries the former A5 Watling Street.

History[]

It was opened in 1842 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway as Wilnecote and Fazeley, the name being shortened in 1904.[1]

In 1889, John William Leader, a corn merchant of Tamworth was killed at the station when crossing the tracks he was struck by an express from Derby.[2]

Stationmasters[]

In 1961 Brian A. Martin was appointed station master a few months after his twentieth birthday and was at the time the youngest station master on British Railways.[3]

  • Joseph Passey ca. 1851 - 1860[4]
  • W. Hunt 1860[4] - 1879[5]
  • G. Hull 1879[5]
  • A. Withers 1879 - 1880[5]
  • W. Headford 1880[5] - 1888[6]
  • G.E. Cookson 1888[6] - 1899[7] (formerly station master at Finedon)
  • S. Allanach 1900 - 1906[7] (afterwards station master at West Bridge, Leicester)
  • Henry Molineux 1906 - 1908[7]
  • Goerge Parker 1908[7] - 1931
  • Percy Jackson 1931[8] - 1932 (formerly station master at Church Gresley)
  • Walter J. Crisp 1932[9] - 1933
  • Noel Manton 1933 - 1940[10] (formerly station master at Borrowash, afterwards station master at Oakham)
  • F.A. Brown from 1940
  • Brian A. Martin from 1961[11]

Services[]

Wilnecote is served by the hourly CrossCountry service between Birmingham New Street and Nottingham with the majority of the Northbound services coming from Cardiff Central.[12] West Midlands Trains manage the station but do not provide any train services there.

References[]

  1. ^ Pixton, B., (2005) Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing
  2. ^ "The accident at Wilnecote Railway Station". Burton Chronicle. England. 2 January 1890. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Young One". Daily Mirror. England. 30 October 1962. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ a b "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 93. 1859. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 837. 1871. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 290. 1881. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1027". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 543. 1899. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Wilnecote". Tamworth Herald. England. 10 October 1931. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Wilnecote". Tamworth Herald. England. 26 March 1932. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Promotion". Tamworth Herald. England. 16 November 1940. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Mr. B.A. Martin". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 17 October 1961. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ Table 57 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links[]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
CrossCountry

Coordinates: 52°36′40″N 1°40′44″W / 52.611°N 1.679°W / 52.611; -1.679


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