History
The station was originally opened by the London and North Western Railway on 1 June 1870. The station, together with all those on the line between Walsall and Rugeley, were closed on 18 January 1965 as part of the Beeching Axe, although the line remained open as freight-only. The station closed to goods on 6 September 1965.
It re-opened in 1997, as the second stage of the reopening to passengers of the Chase Line saw the extension of services beyond Hednesford. The following year, the short section of track between Rugeley Town and Rugeley Trent Valley stations was also reopened, allowing services to be extended via the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line to Stafford.
In Apr 2011, the area is still mechanically signalled from the BRERETON SIDINGS signal box immediately south of the station on the east side of the line - the sidings are no longer extant.
A PERTIS passenger-operated ticket machine is located at the entrance to the Walsall-bound platform.
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