Shifnal railway station

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
2018/19	187,162
2019/20	206,674
2020/21	39,078
2021/22	114,584
2022/23	142,132
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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).

The station (opened in 1849) is located on a viaduct/causeway high above the village itself. It is on the Wolverhampton–Shrewsbury 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

As of June 2024^[update] Shifnal is served by 2 trains per hour (tph) off-peak in each direction, westbound to Telford Central and Shrewsbury and eastbound to Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street. This service is operated by West Midlands Railway^[3] using Class 196 DMUs.^[4]

1 tph runs fast from Wolverhampton to Telford calling only at Shifnal, while the other stops at all stations between Wolverhampton and Telford.

Additionally, one Transport for Wales service calls per day after midnight, westbound only to Telford and Shrewsbury. Sunday services are hourly calling at all stations, with an additional nightime Transport for Wales service heading eastbound to Wolverhampton on Sundays only.^[5][6]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wolverhampton		West Midlands Railway Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Shrewsbury		Telford Central
Cosford
Cosford		Transport for Wales Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Chester Limited service		Telford Central

References

Further reading

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

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