Coseley railway station

Coseley railway station serves the village of Coseley and the Deepfields area in the West Midlands County (Historically Staffordshire), England. It is situated on the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford branch of the West Coast Main Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains.^[1]

Coseley
General information
Location	Coseley, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley England
Grid reference	SO942941
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Transit authority	Transport for West Midlands
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CSY
Fare zone	5
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1902
Passengers
2019/20	0.551 million
2020/21	0.105 million
2021/22	0.374 million
2022/23	0.516 million
2023/24	0.483 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The present Coseley station opened in 1902. It replaced an earlier station, named Deepfields and Coseley, which opened in 1852 and was situated 400 yards (370 m) along the track.

Services

Coseley is served by West Midlands Trains using Class 350 and Class 730 Electric multiple units.^[2][3]

The typical service pattern is as follows:

Mondays to Saturdays:

• 3 trains per hour (tph) northbound to Wolverhampton, departing from Platform 2
  • Of which:
    • 1 tph continues to Liverpool Lime Street via Stafford, Crewe and Runcorn.^[4]

• 3 trains per hour southbound to Birmingham New Street, departing from Platform 1
  • Of which:
    • 2 tph run as local stopping services to Walsall via Aston.^[5][6]

Previously the station was served by trains to Shrewsbury but the stop on these services was withdrawn in 2020 due largely to the COVID-19 travel restrictions. Bus service 229 stops outside offering links to Bilston Bus Station, Tipton and Dudley.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wolverhampton		West Midlands Railway Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line		Tipton
Wolverhampton towards Liverpool Lime Street		London Northwestern Railway Birmingham–Liverpool		Smethwick Galton Bridge towards Birmingham New Street