This West Midlands station hasn't seen a train in 50 years!

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[@telhudson863]

When Jen does a 'visiting every station' video, she always visits at least some of the surrounding area. And that is an extra factor to make the video worth watching. 😁

[@Sim0nTrains]

Did visit the Disused Station of Wolverhampton Low Level last year as it was one of those 'bucket list' locations, was really impressed with how much was there. Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury is a nice route and Bilbrook and Codsall mainly end up in the top 10 of Staffordshire least used stations but mainly between 5 to 10 so they not that least used. Great video Jen.

[@LKBRICKS1993]

Excellent Jen enjoyed this one.

[@chriskrebill1842]

What an adorable line! And I always love seeing purple trains! 🎉🎉

[@ReubenAshwell]

Brilliant video Jen, I've been and seen Wolverhampton low level station last year, it's amazing that the building is still there. Don't even remind me of winter being cold, wet and miserable lol.

[@MercenaryPen]

colour-scheme for stations on the line seems to be a recreation of GWR (original GWR) chocolate and cream

[@johncrwarner]

I am impressed by the state of the stations on this line they are high on the "Quaintometer" à la Vicki Pope.

[@MrGreatplum]

Great video, Jen. Really like how they had kept and converted the old level station at Wolverhampton.

[@Thornaby37]

Some very nice looking stations on that line I'm glad your memory card didn't decide to become a "forgetful card " this time

[@Cpr1234]

All the stations to Shrewsbury - on my local line of course! This'll be a good watch ;)

[@streetrambler134]

A Fabolous line, its a shame the old Victorian passage between the upper and lower station is still closed to the public. Looking forward to the next video.

[@bobsrailrelics]

Did you know there is actually a small railway loco in the Cosford Aircraft museum? Those stations do look really well preserved and great to see a tram at Wolverhampton.

[@liltenchu527]

Visit the south Staffordshire railway walk through Wombourne it’s brilliant. Great video as always

[@boldford]

The bridge at Codsall that you enthuse about is, in reality, but a shadow of its former self. It was struck by a engineers' vehicle in 2005. It was rebuilt using as much of the original as possible and other replicated parts. Most folks couldn't tell the difference. It's just a few stops away from my local station.

[@jacobporrett]

If you would like a tour guide at Telford...hello 👋🏻 I used to go to Youth Club at Cosford years ago. Never got off at Codsall having lived on the Salop line for many years now lol.

[@davejoey]

Enjoyable video as usual Jen! Either this was filmed pre-haircut, or your hair doesn't understand continuity😁!

[@JenOnTheMove]

This was pre-haircut 🙂Got this and another series from the pre-haircut era!

[@jappedut9009]

​@@JenOnTheMovespeaking of hair , when did you quit the the blue hair?❤❤❤

[@GLovesTrains]

Jen Express going to Shroosbury 😄

[@Sim0nTrains]

Hope Jen have a cup of tea and a Biscuit G! 😂

[@GLovesTrains]

@@Sim0nTrains she better! 😂

[@JenOnTheMove]

You get a mention in the next one!

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

No it is actually called "SHREWSBURY", I have actualy asked people who live there and only a small snobish lot of people call it Shrowsbury, there is no " O " in Shrewsberry pronounced Shrew as in the bird and Bury. It was called Shrowsbury in Elizabeth 1st time but over the years it got changed to SHREWSBURY

[@GLovesTrains]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 why you correcting something that's already correct 😂

[@jaybee1921]

Hi Jen, love your travels throughout the West Midlands, brings back memories of my trade-plate travelling days...oh, and I advised PW that a Shrew is not a bird, but a small mole like creature with poor eyesight...🙂

[@SamsVlogstrainsmore]

Nice vlog Jen. I’ve visited every station on the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury line now. I also did the 20 minute walk between Billbrook and Codsall although the little cut throughs did make it feel like I was walking through someone’s back garden. Cosford is one of my favourite stations with interesting views of the RAF Cosford base and the private planes.

[@simonochana3189]

I’ve actually stayed at R.A.F. Cosford when it was still a military base!

[@erinmcgrathejm4985]

It must be exhausting, being a weather forecaster in GB…having to post updates every quarter hour! 😆 There certainly were a few charming stations there. I also liked the repurposed bits of that low-level station. A bit of quirkiness to combat modern encroachment. Cheers!

[@alexdavis5766]

If you ever need a place to stay in Shropshire/ Staffordshire we have a B and B on the border. Close to the prees line but only 30 minutes drive from Stafford. You’re always welcome

[@ElijahsTransport]

Great video! Really enjoyed this jen! Tjose stations look nice!

[@mysterybiscuits]

I live in Telford but haven't got out at any of the stations between there and Wolverhampton (apart from the odd trip to the RAF museum at Cosford), so this is really interesting!

[@kaitlyn__L]

I always think of Steven Toast doing the GPS voiceover when I hear “Albrighton”. Which is ironic because he says “Abingdon” first, and yet I always think of other things, like the college, before that TV show when I hear that one.

[@AndrewG1989]

Mind you I never been to Wolverhampton. But Wolverhampton is quite a nice place and I would like to ride on the tram that the West Midlands Metro tram line was extended to Wolverhampton station.

[@dblyth5098]

Perhaps in the next Episode, Jen could go "Round the Wrekin" 😀😀😀😀

[@airfoxtrot2006]

Great video Jen 😊

[@miawgogo]

I'm recognising all these stations as i was on a rail replacement bus in march that stopped at every single one

[@robynrox]

As an ex-pilot (though not from the forces) I might have to visit that last station someday!

[@customtransport2777]

I visited Manchester this Saturday and paid a good visit to Ardwick aka the ghost station and the views from the platform was excellent with a lot of visible trains I could see passing by 👍

[@roadsignreporter]

Excellent fingerpost action at 3.29! Great video Jen

[@DigitalDiabloUK]

They still need to do something about platforms 2,3 and 4 at Wolverhampton. A bit like New Street, they've polished the turd. 😂

[@QALibrary]

I travelled this line a lot going to & from Aberystwyth University from 1999 to 2005 - originally used 86/87 MK2 coaches then with the brand new 390 trains. Changing trains at Birmingham New Street or Wolverhampton onto a 150 or 158 (at that time had either come from Great Yarmouth or Norwich) to Aberystwyth

[@marthaanderson2656]

NIce that the old station became something useful within the community like flats and a community center. Particularly good for people who need good connection to transportation services

[@michaelmiller641]

Thanks for that video!

[@knownothing5518]

Wolverhampton low level! I just recently read that the trains from London to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli used to stop there, maybe even have a change of locomotive. All the way back in the day. Direct trains from London, can you imagine that? The Cambrian Line needs to get double-tracked really badly!

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Locos were changed at Shrewsbury mainly on this GWR route

[@JoshHodginsTrains]

Legends

[@AaronOfMpls]

I think I remember the memory card issue from that past video. Though I forget, did it die completely, or just turn into Write-Only Memory? 🙃 Anyway, some lovely stations where you were! And you definitely got your steps in that day. 🚶‍♀🚶‍♀🚶‍♀

[@JenOnTheMove]

Just completely corrupted. I remember sitting on the floor at Birmingham New Street trying to recover it

[@highpath4776]

As a Londoner places like Wolverhampton confuse me. It seems incomplete and trying to be new and failing with the worse of modern buildings. Like many areas its "place" was probably at its best in the Mid 1960s and every "improvement" since then has managed to take away more than it supplies. Despite working in Birmingham 35 years ago I only visited Wolverhampton for a couple of hours abour 6 years ago, then passed through on a coach service at bit after that.

[@tsungiraichiramba]

Great video jen

[@andyt2510]

With the announcements of trains on that line being cancelled due to a landslide in Wellington and to take the rail replacement bus, and the forecast of snow, I'll hazard a guess this was filmed the Friday before Easter 2024? This was the day services restarted on the line I believe, which was too late for us and our direct New Street to Aberystwyth train on the Wednesday before - rail replacement from Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury and having to leave home one and a half hours earlier than planned 😭

[@JenOnTheMove]

I got lucky… Friday 1st March, the day before I filmed the final two north wales videos. It was not long before the landslip, hence no mention of it!

[@andyt2510]

@@JenOnTheMove that was lucky - the landslide happened 1 week later (the announcements must of been for a planned closure for unrelated work the following weekend). We have not had good luck with trains this year - 2 trips away and both disrupted by landslips (the first near Rugby in February). Though it does seem we were following you (and London Boy!) in March by going through Shrewsbury and calling at all stations on the Cambrian Coast and Main lines, the Conwy Valley line and the North Wales Main Line!

[@ChappersTravels]

Not commenting on the voyager is a comment in itself 🤣

[@shaunhouse8469]

Wasn't RAF Cosford stadium for a long time, I'm thinking nearly 40 years Britain's best indoor arena for indoor track and field athletics?

[@stephenlee5929]

I know the title suggests a lack of trains, but that was a lot of walking, and a deficit of coffee and beer.

[@JenOnTheMove]

There was a lot of off camera coffee 😃

[@darrenbertram7289]

@@JenOnTheMove We want to see you drinking the coffee! 🙂

[@stephenlee5929]

@@JenOnTheMove So glad you were correctly supplied, but I feel deprived 😞 Nice stations.😊

[@ephphatha230]

I got absolutely frozen standing under the bridge at 8:38 waiting for a replacement bus a couple of months ago 🥶

[@Vanmanyo]

Shame wolverhampton low level wasn't reopened (or closed in the first place!) - would create an interesting rival to Avanti if Chiltern extended their services to Wolverhampton Low level - alas can never happen! Nice video though Jen

[@JenOnTheMove]

I’m torn on how useful it could be to be honest, wolves isn’t particularly busy in the grand scheme of things

[@Vanmanyo]

@@JenOnTheMove true - and the metro sucks up local passengers from the suburbs!

[@SWTROfficial]

And before as well Wolverhampton used to be a virgin trains station

[@Toffeeabi81]

As a partially sighted person i hate the laziness or not up keeping the payments and other pedestrian footpathbi cant see when there are pot holes or crumbling parts of walkways. I do have a can but its not a long thst i can roll and tap in the floor. I think the should resurface foot path at the same time roads as it not the haremd to do..

[@JenOnTheMove]

Agreed!

[@officialmcdeath]

Reckon a later part of this series might usefully address your preference between 196 and 197 - thereapart, hadn't realised how close everything is at the eastern end of this route - thanks for the eye-opener \m/

[@sarahjoyholden7856]

Are you coming to Gobwen to let us know

[@JenOnTheMove]

Eventually!

[@trainsfan2114]

tfw do stop at Codsall only if there event on at cosford like a air show

[@michaelmcnally2331]

Don’t know if there but just to be a good pub at codsall station. Local brewery beers, WAS reasonably priced but not been for a while.

[@alanreader4815]

Page 3 Jen is on another Station lol 😂

[@dominiccottrill2387]

What's your beef with Voyagers??? (I have issues as well...)

[@highpath4776]

RAF Cosford for indoor athletics

[@cerysfrost3215]

Oh yes, I remember battling through the snow in February 85 to get there, and accidentally surprising a Commonwealth champion kissing her husband in the waiting room on the way back!

[@thryduulf]

Presumably you mean it hasn't seen a train?

[@JenOnTheMove]

OOOOOPS 🤣 Fixed!

[@andrewnelson4057]

IF it opened in 1832, it predated the GWR mainline.... So, probably not.

[@JenOnTheMove]

We all make the occasional slip up! My notes had it correct!

[@harryelliott4310]

Trains Station 🚉

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Actualy the correct terminology in the UK is " Railway Station" Train Station is an American term

[@JenOnTheMove]

The correct terminology is down to whoever is speaking it

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@JenOnTheMove As a Person of Railway Interest like I am and work on a midland preserved Railway line I am sorry to correct you again but it is actuall called a " Railway Station" Train Station is a term imported from the states and Railway Station has been arround since Stephenson and the Rocket, and to be padantic a train is as you know a loco and coaches or a multiple unit, but Railway sttion also have Loco's and tram/trains running through them and sorry I am old school and it is a Railway Station 👍🚅🚅