Bescot Stadium railway station
Bescot Stadium  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Bescot |
| Local authority | Sandwell |
| Coordinates | 52°33′43″N 1°59′28″W / 52.562°N 1.991°WCoordinates: 52°33′43″N 1°59′28″W / 52.562°N 1.991°W |
| Grid reference | SP007961 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BSC |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 87,908 |
| 2011/12 |
0.132 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.130 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.137 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.136 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for West Midlands |
| Zone | 4 |
| History | |
| 1837 | Opened |
| 2007 | Rebuilt |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bescot Stadium from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Bescot Stadium railway station serves the Bescot area of Walsall in the West Midlands of England. (The station is actually situated in the borough of Sandwell, although it can only be reached from within the borough of Walsall.) The station, and all trains serving it are operated by London Midland.
History
The station was opened as Bescot Bridge[1]:19 in 1837 by the Grand Junction Railway but was later renamed Bescot.
It was renamed in Bescot Stadium in 1990 in order to serve Bescot Stadium, the newly built home of Walsall Football Club.
The station was re-opened on the 11 September 2007 after a short period where it was closed for refurbishment. Whilst closed, no services called at the station, but trains continued to pass through.
Services
Bescot Stadium station is on the Walsall Line between Birmingham New Street and Walsall. The typical Monday-Saturday daytime service sees two trains per hour in each direction between Walsall and Birmingham New Street that are operated by Class 323 electric trains. These mostly continue onwards to Wolverhampton via the Stour Valley Line.
This service is reduced to one train per hour in the evenings and on Sundays (when they start/terminate at New Street). There are a small number of early morning and late evening trains on weekdays are operated by Class 170 diesel trains and extend past Walsall to either Hednesford or Rugeley Trent Valley.[2]
The station footbridge offers views of Bescot Yard, and its freight movements. Bescot TMD is adjacent to the station.
Access to the station is via Bescot Crescent (where there is a car park) and then a footpath which passes underneath the M6 motorway and over the River Tame, then an overbridge that does not comply with the Disability Discrimination Act.
London Midland proposed the closure of the ticket office, but this request was overruled in September 2012 by the Transport Minister.[3]
References
- ↑ Drake, James (1838). Drake’s Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1838). Moorland Reprints. ISBN 0903485257.
- ↑ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 70
- ↑ "London Midland ticket office closure plans overruled"BBC News article 17 September 2012
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bescot Stadium railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Bescot Stadium railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Bescot Stadium railway station
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Walsall | London Midland Chase Line |
Tame Bridge Parkway | ||
| Wolverhampton | London Midland Bescot Stadium-Wolverhampton |
Terminus | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Wood Green Line open, station closed |
London and North Western Railway Darlaston Loop |
Newton Road Line open, station closed | ||