Hednesford railway station

Hednesford
Location
Place	Hednesford
Local authority	Cannock Chase
Coordinates	52.710°N 2.002°W / 52.710; -2.002
Operations
Station code	HNF
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	95,112
2005/06 *	97,609
2006/07 *	0.108 million
2007/08 *	0.108 million
2008/09 *	0.139 million
2009/10 *	0.140 million
18 January 1965	Closed to passengers
6 September 1965	Closed to goods traffic
April 1989	Reopened to passengers
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hednesford from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Hednesford railway station serves the town of Hednesford in Staffordshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.

History

The London and North Western Railway operated the original station in Hednesford which closed to passengers on 18 January 1965 and to goods traffic on 6 September the same year. The station reopened in 1989, as the terminus of the first stage of the reopening of the Chase Line from Walsall, to passenger trains. At first, there was just a single platform; however, when services were extended to Rugeley Town in 1997, a second platform was added In October 2009 it was reported^{[citation needed]} that the station had been equipped with a PERTIS Permit-to-Travel ticket machine ahead of introduction of a reported extension to London Midland's Penalty Fares scheme from 1 November 2009. The station was due to undergo improvements with the fitting of a live information system and card ticket machines, to be completed by the end of April 2010.

Services

Service frequencies vary. On weekdays there are typically two trains per hour to Walsall and Birmingham at peak times and one train per hour during the off peak period and in the evenings. There are two trains per hour throughout the day on Saturdays with an hourly evening service. All trains operate between Birmingham New Street and Rugeley Trent Valley where connections to Stafford, Stoke on Trent and Crewe are available. On Sundays there is an hourly service throughout the day after 10am. Most services are operated by Class 170 diesel trains and journey times from Hednesford are typically 21 minutes to Walsall and 45 minutes to Birmingham New Street.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Rugeley Town		London Midland Chase Line		Cannock