Wellington railway station

Wellington railway station serves the town of Wellington, Shropshire, England. It is situated on the former Great Western Railway's London (Paddington) to Birkenhead via Birmingham (Snow Hill) line. Trains are operated by London Midland (who manage the station), Arriva Trains Wales and Virgin Trains (West Coast).HistoryThe station was built at the junction of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway with the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company's line from Stafford via Newport. It was opened on 1 June 1849. The S&BR reached Wolverhampton later that year, but was frustrated in their attempts to reach Birmingham by the London and North Western Railway - it wasn't until both they and the neighbouring Shrewsbury and Chester Railway became part the Great Western Railway in November 1854 trains could run to. Wellington thereafter was jointly run by the LNWR and Great Western companies until the 1923 Grouping.