Darlaston railway station

Darlaston
National Rail
General information
LocationDarlaston, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
England
Coordinates52°34′30″N 2°01′08″W / 52.5751°N 2.0188°W / 52.5751; -2.0188
Grid referenceSO988974
LineWalsall-Wolverhampton line
Platforms2
Other information
StatusOpen
Station codeDAS[1]
History
Original company
Grand Junction Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1837 (1837)Opened[2]
1965 (1965)Closed[2]
19 March 2026 (19 March 2026)Reopened as Darlaston
Location

Darlaston is a railway station on the Walsall–Wolverhampton line, serving trains running between Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street. The station serves the town of Darlaston, in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. It opened on 19 March 2026 and replaces a station that previously served the town from 1837 to 1965.[3]

History

The original station was opened as Darlaston by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837.[4] It was located southeast of the current station, between Kendricks Road and Walsall Road. Between 1837 and September 1863 the station was, at various times, suffixed James' Bridge, James's Bridge and Green.

On 14 September 1863 a station named Darlaston was opened on the Darlaston Loop of the South Staffordshire line. The 1837 station then became known as James Bridge. On 1 November 1887 the 1863 station closed and the 1837 station changed its name to James Bridge for Darlaston.

In March 1889 the name changed to Darlaston and James Bridge.

The station was closed in 1965.

Reopening

Andy Street pledged in his mayoral campaign in 2017 to reopen the station, however no opening timeline was given.[5]

In September 2017, the West Midlands Combined Authority proposed reopening the station by 2024 as part of the region's £4 billion transport plan, along with Willenhall.[6][7] Plans for the new station were published in August 2018, with the station proposed to be located on Kendricks Road, northwest of the former station site.[8]

Despite press reports that the planning application for the station was formally submitted in March 2020, this did not happen until July.[9][10] Planning permission was granted in October 2020 and the station was planned to open in 2023.[11] In March 2021, it was stated that full construction would start in the autumn.[12][13] Construction paused in September 2023, before resuming in October with new contractors.[14][15] The station opened on 19 March 2026.[3]

Services

Weekday and Saturday services operate hourly between Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street. There is no service on Sundays. All services are operated by West Midlands Railway.[16]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
West Midlands Railway
  Future services  
West Midlands Railway
  Proposed services  
Wolverhampton   Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway   Walsall
Disused railways
Willenhall Bilston Street   London and North Western Railway
Walsall to Wolverhampton Line		   Pleck
  Grand Junction Railway
to Walsall Line		   Wood Green

References

  1. ↑ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Darlaston (James Bridge) Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Black Country towns' trains return after 60 years". BBC News. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  4. ↑ Drake, James (1838). Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1838). Moorland Reprints. ISBN 0903485257. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  5. ↑ Elkes, Neil (12 February 2017). "Pledge to reinstate two Black Country rail lines". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "£4 billion of transport infrastructure over coming decade". West Midlands Combined Authority. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "West Midlands Strategic Transport Plan". Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Trains could be running directly between Walsall and Wolverhampton by 2021". Express & Star. 28 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "Web APAS".
  10. ↑ "Reopening of Darlaston and Willenhall train stations moves closer". Express and Star. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Two new Black Country railway stations receive planning approval". 16 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Work set to start on 2 new West Midlands railway stations". RailAdvent. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  13. ↑ Farrington, Dayna (21 March 2021). "Work set to start on Black Country railway stations after funding confirmed". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  14. ↑ White, Chloe (11 October 2023). "Kier Group takes over work on Willenhall and Darlaston railway station sites". Rail Advent.
  15. ↑ "Walsall rail projects to resume after contractor collapse". BBC News. 10 October 2023.
  16. ↑ eNRT May 2026 Edition, Table 075 (Network Rail)
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