Four Ashes railway station

Four Ashes railway station was a railway station built by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837.^[1]: 28 It served the small village of Four Ashes, Staffordshire, 6 miles north of Wolverhampton City Centre, and was located near to the A449 road, on Station Drive. It was also the closest station to the villages of Coven and Featherstone as well as the town of Brewood.

Four Ashes
Site of Four Ashes station
General information
Location	Four Ashes, South Staffordshire England
Coordinates	52.672879°N 2.124706°W / 52.672879; -2.124706
Grid reference	SJ916084
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Grand Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1837	Opened
1959	Closed to passenger traffic

The station closed in 1959, although the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line loop from the West Coast Main Line still runs through the site of the station today.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bushbury		London and North Western Railway former Grand Junction Railway		Gailey

References

1. Drake, James (1838). Drake’s Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1838). Moorland Reprints. ISBN 0903485257.

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