Trains to Wolverhampton - Station Details and further Information on Wolverhampton Train Services
Wolverhampton train station in Wolverhampton, West Midlands is on the West Coast Main Line. It is served by London Midland, CrossCountry, Virgin Trains, Wrexham & Shropshire and Arriva Trains Wales.
Virgin Trains manages the station. It operates services via Birmingham New Street to London Euston as part of its West Coast franchise. It also operates trains between Birmingham and Glasgow Central.
CrossCountry operates services to a wide variety of destinations: to Stockport, Manchester Piccadilly, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford and Macclesfield to the north, Bristol Temple Meads, Exeter St Davids and Plymouth to the south-west and Oxford, Reading, Southampton Central and Bournemouth to the south to name but a few.
London Midland is the final major operator. It operates local services to Birmingham New Street (on behalf of Centro), and between Birmingham New Street and Shrewsbury. It also operates longer-distance services between Birmingham and Liverpool Lime Street, some of which run through to Northampton in peak periods.
Arriva Trains Wales operates an hourly service between Birmingham New Street and Shrewsbury, with alternate trains continuing to either Aberystwyth (via the Cambrian Line) or Chester. There are also direct services to the Cambrian Coast Line to Pwllheli.
Wrexham & Shropshire serves Wolverhampton as one of the stations on their Wrexham General-London Marylebone service, which started on 28 April 2008. Because of Virgin Trains' franchise agreement, guaranteeing a monopoly on direct Wolverhampton-London services, Wrexham & Shropshire's services are only permitted to pick up passengers going northbound and set down passengers southbound. Until this "Moderation of Competition" agreement ends in 2012 the company's main stop in the West Midlands will be at Tame Bridge Parkway. A consequence of this is that passengers are unable to use this service to travel between Wolverhampton and Tame Bridge Parkway. The London Midland service to Walsall was withdrawn in December 2008. |