Shifnal railway station is a railway station which serves the town of

Shifnal Shifnal () is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about east of Telford, 17 miles (27 km) east of Shrewsbury and 13 miles (20 km) west-northwest of Wolverhampton. It is near the M54 motorway and A5 (road), A5 road ...

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, England. The station is managed by

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, who provide the majority of services that call here (it is also served by

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). The station (opened in 1849) is located on a viaduct/causeway high above the village itself. It is on the Wolverhampton–Shrewsbury line. When Shifnal was controlled by semaphore signalling it boasted a three-storey signal box. The building by the entrance at street level is not in railway use and there are no permanent buildings left at platform level.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, but does have a ticket machine. Waiting shelters are provided on both platforms and service running information is given via CIS displays, timetable poster boards and customer help points on each side. Level access is possible from the car park on the Birmingham-bound platform (1) only - the main entrance on Market Place is below platform level and is only accessible via a staircase, whilst the footbridge between the two platforms also has steps.

Services

Shifnal is served by

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using Diesel multiple units. The off-peak service pattern is as follows: Mondays to Saturdays: *2 trains per hour (tph) northbound to via and , departing from Platform 2. 1 tph calls at . *2 trains per hour (tph) southbound to via , departing from Platform 1. **Of which: ***1 tph runs fast, off-peak calling additionally at only. ***1 tph calls at all stations between Shifnal and Wolverhampton, then at only. Sundays: *1 tph northbound to Shrewsbury. *1 tph southbound to Birmingham New Street. Services on Sundays call at all stations between Birmingham New Street and Shrewsbury. Additionally, one

service calls per day after midnight, westbound only to Telford and Shrewsbury. An additional nighttime Transport for Wales service heading eastbound to Wolverhampton on Sundays only.

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Railway stations in Shropshire DfT Category F2 stations Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail 1849 establishments in England Shifnal {{Shropshire-struct-stub

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