Wolverhampton Low Level Station

1854 - 1981

Wolverhampton Low Level Station was opened 1854 by the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway later to fall under the auspices of the GWR. Unlike its LNWR High Level neighbour it was closed to passengers in 1972 but continued to function as a parcels depot until 1981. Once an important stop on the London-Birkenhead line and linked with Snow Hill Station in Birmingham which itself succumbed to closure in 1972, the old station cuts a sorry figure in the rapidly regenerating heart of Wolverhampton. However, the station buildings were listed in 1986 and during my visit the area was cordoned off with contractors on site, although I am not sure exactly as to the nature of their work. The grand, and listed, Low Level Station buildings can be seen above viewed from the Sun Street entrance, September 2003

As can be discerned from the present-day map, the old station site is now an odd time-capsule in an island of redeveloped roads. The views above were taken from Wednesfield Road looking down to the station. Above-left you can see the High Level Station to the right of the shot.

Above-left we have moved around the site to Sun Street to look at the other end of the station - note the cannopy over the platform remains in tact in the centre of the shot. Above-right are some of the station buildings as viewed from Sun Street further along to the left from the preceding shot.

Above-left we are still in Sun Street with the station buildings behind the bushes in the foreground - I was intrigued to find an old coach rusting away in the undergrowth. Above-right is the entrance to the station, leading to the area seen in the main photo at the top of this page, from Sun Street - the notice on the top-right of the gate still reads "Low-Level Station".