Bescot Stadium railway station

Bescot Stadium
Location
Place	Bescot
Local authority	Sandwell
Coordinates	52°33′43″N 1°59′28″W / 52.562°N 1.991°WCoordinates: 52°33′43″N 1°59′28″W / 52.562°N 1.991°W
Grid reference	SP007961
Operations
Station code	BSC
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	87,908
2011/12	132,310
2012/13	128,946
2013/14	136,546
2014/15	136,440
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	4
History
1847	Opened
2007	Rebuilt
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bescot Stadium from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Bescot Stadium railway station serves the Bescot area of Walsall in the West Midlands of England. (The station is actually situated in the borough of Sandwell, although it can only be reached from within the borough of Walsall.) The station, and all trains serving it are operated by London Midland.

The station was originally known as Bescot. However, it was renamed in 1990 in order to serve Bescot Stadium, the newly built home of Walsall Football Club.

The station footbridge offers views of Bescot Yard, and its freight movements. Bescot TMD is adjacent to the station.

Access to the station is via Bescot Crescent (where there is a car park) and then a footpath which passes underneath the M6 motorway and over the River Tame, then an overbridge that does not comply with the Disability Discrimination Act.

The station was re-opened on the 11 September 2007 after a short period where it was closed for refurbishment. Whilst closed, no services called at the station, but trains continued to pass through.

Bescot station in 1962

Services

Bescot Stadium station is on the Walsall Line between Birmingham New Street and Walsall, part of the former Grand Junction Railway, opened in 1837. The typical Monday-Saturday daytime service sees two trains per hour in each direction between Walsall and Birmingham New Street that are operated by Class 323 electric trains. This service is reduced to one train per hour in the evenings and on Sundays. There are a small number of early morning and late evening trains on weekdays are operated by Class 170 diesel trains and extend past Walsall to either Hednesford or Rugeley Trent Valley.

London Midland proposed the closure of the ticket office, but this request was overruled in September 2012 by the Transport Minister.^[1]

References

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19627116

External links

• Train times and station information for Bescot Stadium railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Bescot Stadium railway station