Railway station in Staffordshire, England
Wilnecote railway station is a railway station serving the town of Fazeley and suburb of Wilnecote in Staffordshire , England. It is 1.5 miles (2 km) south of Tamworth town centre.[ 2] A5 Watling Street .
History
It was opened in 1842 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway as Wilnecote and Fazeley, the name being shortened in 1904 to just Wilnecote .[ 3]
In 1889, John William Leader, a corn merchant of Tamworth was killed at the station when crossing the tracks he was struck by an express from Derby.[ 4]
Stationmasters
In 1961 Brian A. Martin was appointed station master a few months after his twentieth birthday and was at the time the youngest station master on British Railways.[ 5]
Joseph Passey ca. 1851 – 1860[ 6]
William Hunt 1860–1879[ 6] [ 7]
G. Hull 1879[ 7]
A. Withers 1879–1880[ 7]
William Headford 1880–1888[ 7] [ 8]
George E. Cookson 1888–1899[ 8] [ 9]
Samuel Allanach 1900–1906[ 9] West Bridge, Leicester )
Henry Molineux 1906–1908[ 9]
George Parker 1908–1931[ 9]
Percy Jackson 1931–1932[ 10]
Walter J. Crisp 1932–1933[ 11]
Noel Manton 1933–1940[ 12]
F.A. Brown from 1940
Brian A. Martin from 1961[ 13]
Services
Wilnecote is served by hourly CrossCountry services southbound to Cardiff Central via Birmingham New Street , Cheltenham Spa , Gloucester and Newport and northbound Nottingham via Derby , the first two trains of the day to each of Cardiff and Nottingham start from New Street.[ 14] West Midlands Trains manage the station but do not provide any train services here.
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52°36′40″N 1°40′44″W / 52.611°N 1.679°W / 52.611; -1.679
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