Shifnal railway station is a railway station which serves the town of Shifnal in Shropshire, England. The station is managed by West Midlands Trains, who provide the majority of services that call here (it is also served by Transport for Wales, primarily on Sundays).

Shifnal
General information
Location	Shifnal, Shropshire England
Grid reference	SJ749076
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SFN
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1849
Passengers
2016/17	166,046
2017/18	181,468
2018/19	187,162
2019/20	206,674
2020/21	39,078
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station (opened in 1849) is located on a viaduct/causeway high above the village itself. It is on the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton Line. When Shifnal was controlled by semaphore signalling it boasted a three-storey signal box. The building by the entrance at street level is not in railway use and there are no permanent buildings left at platform level.[1]

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, but does have a ticket machine. Waiting shelters are provided on both platforms and service running information is given via CIS displays, timetable poster boards and customer help points on each side. Level access is possible from the car park on the Birmingham-bound platform (1) only - the main entrance on Market Place is below platform level and is only accessible via a staircase, whilst the footbridge between the two platforms also has steps.[2]

Services

There is a basic two trains per hour off-peak service in each direction (Mon-Sat), westbound to Shrewsbury and eastbound to Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street run by West Midlands Railway. This service is operated by Class 170s in 2 and 4 carriage configuration (previously also by 3 car sets however, all middle carriages from these trains have since been transferred to strengthen the CrossCountry class 170 fleet). One train is a limited stop which calls at Codsall, Shifnal, Telford Central and Wellington. the other service calls at all stations between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury. Additional trains also call at peak periods. Sunday services are hourly calling at all stations.[3][4]

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 75-78. ISBN 9781906008444. OCLC 286385795.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shifnal railway station.

• Train times and station information for Shifnal railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cosford		Transport for Wales Birmingham - Chester		Telford Central
Cosford		West Midlands Railway Wolverhampton/Birmingham-Shrewsbury Mondays-Saturdays only		Telford Central

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