Trains to Stafford - Station Details and further Information on Stafford Train Services
Stafford train station is an important main line interchange station in the United Kingdom. It serves the county town of Stafford.
The present station built in 1962 is a good example of the Brutalist style of architecture - the beauty of the building was perceived to be its very functionality and its designs follows the Modernist approach.
From the south, two branches of the West Coast Main Line meet here; the Trent Valley branch and the Birmingham branch. To the north, the trunk of the line continues towards Crewe, whilst the Manchester branch goes on to Stoke-on-Trent.
There are four platforms in use at the station, all of which are accessible from either of the main lines that converge from the south. Normally platform 1 & 3 are used by trains to and from London and platforms 4 & 5 by trains to/from Birmingham. The former bay platform 2 is no longer used by passenger trains.
In 2007, the station's visual display units were upgraded.
The station is also served by rail replacement bus services, notably the X1 (operated by BakerBus) which serves the locations of Norton Bridge, Stone, Barlaston and Wedgwood; all of which possess a rail station but no stopping train service (except for Stone, which had its service reinstated in 2008). A rail replacement bus service also operated along the Trent Valley serving the stations of Rugeley, Atherstone and Polesworth - as well as the major stations of Tamworth Low Level, Lichfield Trent Valley and Nuneaton. |