Hednesford railway station

Railway station in Staffordshire, England

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

The station was opened in 1859 on the Cannock Mineral Railway's line from Cannock to Rugeley Town and taken over by the London and North Western Railway a decade later (though the LNWR had worked the line from the outset). It closed to passengers on 18 January 1965 and to goods traffic on 6 September the same year as a result of the Beeching Axe, though the line that passed through remained in use for goods & mineral traffic, serving the power station at Rugeley and various local collieries. The station reopened in 1989 by British Rail, as the terminus of the first stage of the reopening of the Chase Line from Walsall to passenger trains. Hednesford's ticket machine is card only, so passengers who only have cash must instead present themselves to the onboard conductor at the earliest opportunity.

On Mondays Saturdays there are typically two trains per hour to Walsall and Birmingham. Trains operate between Birmingham International and Rugeley Trent Valley via
Connections to , , and stations on the Trent Valley Line are available at Rugeley Trent Valley along with connections to stations along the West Coast Main Line from Birmingham New Street. On Sundays there is an hourly service throughout the day from 09:50. Most services are operated by Class 350 electric trains and journey times are typically 19 minutes to Walsall and 42 minutes to Birmingham New Street. Some services to/from London Euston used to serve the station. Some services towards Birmingham New Street or Walsall start or terminate here.

Hednesford no longer has a bus station, although there is an interchange on Victoria Street acting as a hub to locations such as Cannock, Rugeley, Lichfield and Pye Green. All services are run by Chaserider and Select Bus. No buses operate on Sunday.