View source for Wolverhampton station

{{short description|Railway station and tram stop in Wolverhampton, England}}
{{For|the former [[Great Western Railway]] station in Wolverhampton|Wolverhampton Low Level railway station}}
{{Redirect|WVH|the band|Mammoth WVH}}
{{use British English|date=December 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Wolverhampton
| symbol_location     = gb
| symbol              = rail
| symbol2             = birmingham
| image               = West Midlands Metro tram leaving Wolverhampton Station, geograph-7799579-by-Roger--D-Kidd.jpg  
| caption             = The new station building, opened 2021, and tram.
| borough             = [[Wolverhampton]], [[City of Wolverhampton]]
| country             = England
| coordinates         = {{coord|52.5875|-2.1200|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|SO919988|25|SO919988}}
| manager             = [[West Midlands Railway]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/WVH/details.html|title=National Rail Enquiries – Station facilities for Wolverhampton|website=www.nationalrail.co.uk|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=10 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710225727/https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/WVH/details.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| platforms           = 6
| code                = WVH
| zone                = 5
| classification      = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] B
| transit_authority   = [[Transport for West Midlands]]
| original            = [[Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway]]
| pregroup            = [[London and North Western Railway]]
| postgroup           = [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]]
| years               = 1 July 1852
| events              = Opened as ''Wolverhampton (Queen Street)''
| years1              = 1 June 1885
| events1             = Renamed ''Wolverhampton (High Level)''
| years2              = 1964-67
| events2             =
Redeveloped
| years3              =
7 May 1973
| events3             = Renamed ''Wolverhampton''
| years4              =
2018-21
| events4             =
Redeveloped
|years5               =
17 September 2023
| events5             =
Midland metro services started 
| mpassengers =
<!--{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2016/17 |passengers={{increase}} 4.920 million |interchange={{pad|1em}} {{increase}} 0.361 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2017/18 |passengers={{increase}} 5.250 million |interchange={{pad|1em}} {{increase}} 0.371 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2018/19 |passengers={{increase}} 5.305 million |interchange={{pad|1em}} {{increase}} 0.399 million}} -->
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 5.123 million |interchange={{pad|1em}} {{decrease}} 0.330 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.995 million |interchange={{pad|1em}} {{decrease}} 52,875}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 3.453 million |interchange={{pad|1em}} {{increase}} 0.187 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 4.446 million |interchange={{pad|1em}} {{increase}} 0.222 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 4.771 million |interchange={{pad|1em}} {{increase}} 0.228 million}}
| footnotes           = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
|mapframe=yes
|mapframe-zoom = 13
}}
'''Wolverhampton station''' is a step-free access regional interchange railway station situated in [[Wolverhampton]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], England on the [[Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line|Birmingham Loop]] of the [[West Coast Main Line]]. The station is the 4th busiest in the West Midlands region; it is served by [[Avanti West Coast]], [[CrossCountry]], [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]] and [[West Midlands Trains]] services, and was historically known as '''Wolverhampton High Level'''. There is a [[West Midlands Metro]] tram stop located outside the station, an elevated walkway towards [[Wolverhampton Bus Station]] and a 24/7 multi-storey Car Park adjacent to the station.

==History==
The first station named ''Wolverhampton'' had opened on the edge of the town centre in 1837 on the [[Grand Junction Railway]], this station was renamed [[Wednesfield Heath railway station|Wednesfield Heath]] in 1855, shortly after the present station was opened, and then was closed in 1873.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wolverhampton's First Station|url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/Railway%20Gazette/1stStation.htm|publisher=Wolverhampton Railway Gazette|access-date=11 September 2017|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822200827/http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/Railway%20Gazette/1stStation.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Wolverhampton railways 1854.png|thumb|left|Wolverhampton railways in 1854]]
On 12 November 1849, the [[Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway]] opened a [[Wolverhampton Temporary railway station|temporary terminus]] to its line, at a location very close to the present station.<ref>Christiansen, Rex (1983). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Volume 7 The West Midlands. David St John Thomas David & Charles. p 85 {{ISBN|0-946537-00-3}}.</ref>

The present station site was opened on 1 July 1852 by the [[Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway]], a subsidiary of the [[London and North Western Railway]] (LNWR); it was named ''Wolverhampton Queen Street''.<ref name=Butt>{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |page=253 }}</ref> The only visible remnant of the original station is the [[Queen's Building, Wolverhampton|Queen's Building]], the gateway to Railway Drive which was the approach road to the station. The building was originally the carriage entrance to the station and was completed three years before the main station building. Today, it forms part of [[Wolverhampton bus station]].<ref name="biddle">{{cite book|last=Biddle|first=Gordon|title=Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: A Gazetteer of Structures|year=2011|edition=Second|publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing]]|location=[[Hersham]], Surrey|isbn=9780711034914|pages=379–380}}</ref>
[[File:Bushbury_%26_Wolverhampton_RJD_80.jpg|thumb|left|Diagram of railways around central Wolverhampton from 1914. High Level is the red station near the centre.]]
Two years later, on 1 July 1854, the [[Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway]] (OWWR) opened a second station, located behind the older station on lower ground, which became known as the [[Wolverhampton Low Level railway station|Wolverhampton Low Level]] station from April 1856, the other becoming known as Wolverhampton High Level from 1 June 1885.<ref name=Butt />

From 1923, the LNWR was amalgamated into the [[London Midland and Scottish Railway]] (LMS), and in 1948 it became part of the [[London Midland Region]] of [[British Rail]]ways.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitehouse |first1=Patrick |last2=Thomas |first2=David St John |author-link2=David St John Thomas |title=LMS 150: The London Midland and Scottish Railway – A Century and a Half of Progress |year=1987 |publisher=[[David & Charles]] |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-8740-5 |id=01LO49 |pages=30–31, 188 }}</ref>

Services over the former Grand Junction Railway line to {{rws|Walsall}} (and thence to {{rws|Lichfield City}} and {{rws|Burton-on-Trent}}) ended in January 1965, this route being the only one from here to fall victim to the [[Beeching Axe]].
[[File:Wolverhampton station entrance.jpg|thumb|The former station building of 1964–67 by [[Ray Moorcroft]]. (Demolished in 2020)]]
The since replaced Wolverhampton station dated from 1964<ref>{{cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |date=1974 |title=The Buildings of England. Staffordshire |publisher=Penguin Books |page=317 |isbn=0140710469 }}</ref> when the High Level station was completely rebuilt by the architect [[Ray Moorcroft]] as part of the modernisation programme which saw the [[West Coast Main Line]] electrified.<ref name="biddle" /> It consisted of three through platforms (the present platforms 1, 2 and 3).  As part of this scheme, most services on the OW&WR route from {{rws|Shrewsbury}} were diverted here from Low Level (though a few peak-hour trains continued to serve the latter until March 1968); these then continued to Birmingham New Street via the Stour Valley line rather than via the ex-GWR line to Birmingham Snow Hill as before.  In the 1980s, a parcels siding was converted into a south-facing bay platform (the present platform 5), and a new north-facing bay was constructed (the present platform 6).

[[File:Wolverhampton railway station horse.jpg|thumb|One of Kevin Atherton's ''Iron Horse'' sculptures, at Wolverhampton station.]]
In 1987 twelve different horse sculptures by [[Kevin Atherton]], titled ''Iron Horse'', were erected between New Street station and Wolverhampton, including one at the southern end of platforms 2 and 3.<ref>''Public Sculpture of Birmingham including Sutton Coldfield'', George T. Noszlopy, edited Jeremy Beach, 1998, {{ISBN|0-85323-692-5}}</ref>

More recently (in 2004), a new through platform (platform 4) was constructed on the site of infrequently-used sidings. This has greatly enhanced the capacity of the station. A new footbridge was also constructed, to allow access to the new platform but also to improve access to the existing ones.  A proposal for a more comprehensive redevelopment of the station and surrounding area was announced on 18 October 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expressandstar.co.uk/2006/10/18/all-change-at-station/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802020704/http://www.expressandstar.co.uk/2006/10/18/all-change-at-station/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 August 2012|title=All change at station|publisher=[[Express & Star]]|date=2006-10-18|access-date=2009-11-30}}</ref>

Work on the £150 million redevelopment of the station finally began in 2018, and was expected to be completed in 2020, it included an extension of the [[West Midland Metro]]. However, COVID-19 requirements caused the work to be delayed. Demolition of the 1960s buildings began in May 2020 with the first part of the new station opening the same month.<ref>{{cite web |title=New-look Wolverhampton Railway Station opens with first phase of £150m project complete |date=22 May 2020 |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/transport/2020/05/22/new-look-wolverhampton-railway-station-opening-monday-with-first-phase-of-150m-project-complete/ |publisher=Express & Star |access-date=23 January 2023 |archive-date=24 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124035135/https://www.expressandstar.com/news/transport/2020/05/22/new-look-wolverhampton-railway-station-opening-monday-with-first-phase-of-150m-project-complete/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The new station building was fully opened in June 2021, a year later than originally planned.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wolverhampton's railway station back fully open as tram line work continues |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2021/06/28/wolverhamptons-railway-station-fully-opened-up-to-public-after-being-approved-by-transport-chiefs/ |publisher=Express & Star |access-date=23 January 2023 |date=28 June 2021 |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104211558/https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2021/06/28/wolverhamptons-railway-station-fully-opened-up-to-public-after-being-approved-by-transport-chiefs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Its aluminium façade is in black and gold, the traditional colours of [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bower |first=Steve |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qdxzEAAAQBAJ&dq=Springfield%2C+Wolverhampton&pg=PT176 |title=Wolverhampton in 50 Buildings |date=2022-06-15 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-3981-0692-5 |language=en |chapter=50. Wolverhampton Station (2021)}}</ref>

Despite the new station building, the platforms and structures from the 1960's station building, remain largely untouched. As of 2025, there are no confirmed plans to refurbish those structures so that they're in keeping with the new concourse.  

Management of the station transferred from [[Virgin Trains]] to [[West Midlands Trains]] franchise in April 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=West Midlands Railway takes charge of Wolverhampton station|url=http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/west-midlands-railway-takes-charge-of-wolverhampton-station|access-date=9 April 2018|work=Rail Technology Magazine|date=5 April 2018|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705181217/https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/west-midlands-railway-takes-charge-of-wolverhampton-station|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Services==
The station is currently served frequently by four train operating companies. Usual off-peak services at Wolverhampton follow a pattern such as the one below:

Services are listed in trains per hour (tph)

===[[Avanti West Coast]]===
*1 tph to {{rws|Euston||London Euston}} via {{rws|Birmingham New Street}} and {{rws|Coventry}} (more in the morning peak)
*1 tph to {{rws|Preston}} via {{rws|Warrington Bank Quay}} and {{rws|Wigan North Western}}:
** 2 trains per day extend to {{rws|Blackpool North}} only, with 1 tp2h running to {{rws|Edinburgh Waverley||Edinburgh}} (7tpd) and 6 trains per day (tpd) running to {{rws|Glasgow Central}}. Services to Scotland run via {{rws|Carlisle}}.<ref name="AvantiDec24">{{cite web |url=https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/-/media/avanti-timetables/2024/december-2024-timetable-book-final.pdf |title=Scheduled timetable book for 15 December 2024 to 17 May 2025 |publisher=Avanti West Coast}}</ref>

Prior to the June 2024 timetable change, Avanti West Coast operated a daily direct service between {{rws|Shrewsbury}} and London Euston.<ref>{{cite web|website=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29313965|title=Blackpool and Shrewsbury direct rail services to London approved|date=22 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="AvantiDec23">{{cite web|url=https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/-/media/avanti-timetables/10-dec-2023-1-jun-2024-timetable-book.pdf|title=Scheduled timetable book for 10 December 2023 to 1 June 2024|website=Avanti West Coast}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Page|first=Tim|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6pvvzw89ldo|title=Direct rail service to London to end|date=21 February 2024|access-date=21 February 2024|website=BBC News}}</ref>

===[[West Midlands Trains]]===

====[[London Northwestern Railway]]====
*2 tph to {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}} via {{rws|Stafford}}, {{rws|Crewe}} and {{rws|Runcorn}}.
*2 tph to Birmingham New Street via {{rws|Smethwick Galton Bridge}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/times?station=Wolverhampton&crs=WVH|title=Train timetables and schedules – Wolverhampton|publisher=London Northwestern Railway|location=[[London]]}}</ref>

====[[West Midlands Railway]]====
*3 tph to Birmingham New Street via Smethwick Galton Bridge.
** 2 tph run as local stopping services to Walsall via {{rws|Aston}}.
* 1 tph to Birmingham New Street via {{rws|Tame Bridge Parkway}}.
*2 tph to {{rws|Shrewsbury}} via {{rws|Shifnal}}, {{rws|Telford Central}} and {{rws|Wellington|Shropshire}}.
** 1 tph calls at all local stations between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury.

Sundays are operated as an hourly service stopping at all stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/timetables?station=Wolverhampton&crs=WVH|title=Train Timetables and Schedules {{!}} Wolverhampton|website=West Midlands Railway|access-date=30 April 2023|archive-date=30 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430104542/https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/timetables?station=Wolverhampton&crs=WVH|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:221135 WVH.jpg|thumb|A [[CrossCountry]] [[British Rail Class 221|Class 221 Super Voyager]] at Wolverhampton in February 2024]]

=== [[CrossCountry]] ===
* 2 tph to {{stn|Manchester Piccadilly}} via {{rws|Stoke-on-Trent}} and {{rws|Macclesfield}} (one morning train on weekdays instead runs via Crewe).
* 2 tph to {{rws|Birmingham New Street}}
** 1 tph continues to {{rws|Bournemouth}} via Coventry, {{rws|Oxford}} and {{rws|Reading}}.
** 1 tph continues to {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}} via {{rws|Cheltenham Spa}}, with 2 tpd extending further to {{rws|Paignton}}.<ref name="XCMAN">{{cite web|title=Train Timetables {{!}} Scotland, North East & Manchester to the South West and South Coast |url=https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/media-vnext/hbqj4m2v/scotland-book-dec-24-book-1-v4-web-version-_rakesh-bansal.pdf |date=15 December 2024 |access-date=5 January 2025 |publisher=CrossCountry Trains}}</ref>

[[File:Wolverhampton railway station MMB 17 158820 158829 390044.jpg|thumb|Transport for Wales Rail services between Pwllheli, Chester, Shrewsbury, Aberystwyth, Holyhead and Birmingham International call at Wolverhampton.]]

=== [[Transport for Wales Rail]] ===
* 1 tph to Shrewsbury via Telford Central
** 1 tph2h to {{rws|Pwllheli}} & {{rws|Aberystwyth}}, dividing at {{rws|Machynlleth}}
** 1 tph2h to {{rws|Holyhead}} via {{rws|Wrexham General}} and {{rws|Chester}}.
* 1 tph to {{rws|Birmingham International}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tfw.wales/sites/default/files/2024-11/2_Chester-Birmingham_December-2024_V1.pdf|title=Train Times {{!}} Birmingham-Shrewsbury-Chester|website=Transport for Wales Rail|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tfw.wales/sites/default/files/2024-12/1_Cambrian_December-2024_V1.1.pdf |title=Cambrian {{!}} Train Times {{!}} Birmingham-Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth-Pwllheli|website=Transport for Wales Rail|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref>

West Midlands Railway also will run a direct [[Walsall–Wolverhampton line|Wolverhampton-Walsall]] service via {{rws|Willenhall}} and {{rws|Darlaston}}, expected to start in Winter 2025/26.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wmre.org.uk/willenhall-and-darlaston-stations/|title=Willenhall and Darlaston stations|work=West Midlands Rail Executive|access-date=10 May 2023|archive-date=23 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223104543/https://wmre.org.uk/willenhall-and-darlaston-stations/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Thandi|first=Gurdip|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/walsall/2023/11/13/railway-stations-project-costs-soar/|title=Costs to bring railway stations to Willenhall and Darlaston soar by £15m after delays|date=11 November 2023|website=Express & Star}}</ref>

{{Wolverhampton Lines}}

{{adjacent stations|noclear=y
  |system1=National Rail
  |note-row1={{s-rail-national|next=Birmingham New Street|previous=Stafford|toc=CrossCountry|route=South West – Manchester}}
    |line2=London Northwestern Railway|type2=Birmingham - Liverpool|left2=Penkridge|right2=Coseley
  |note-row3={{rail line two routes|next={{rws|Sandwell & Dudley}}|previous={{rws|Telford Central}}|route1=[[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]]<br />[[North Wales Main Line]]|col={{KAW colour}}|route2=[[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]]<br />[[Cambrian Line]]}}
{{s-rail-national|next=Smethwick Galton Bridge|previous=Shifnal|toc=West Midlands Railway|route=[[Wolverhampton–Shrewsbury line|Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Shrewsbury]]|rowsmid=2}}
{{s-rail-national|next=Tame Bridge Parkway|previous=Bilbrook|toc=West Midlands Railway|route=[[Wolverhampton–Shrewsbury line|Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Shrewsbury]]|hidemid=yes}}
{{rail line|next={{rws|Coseley}}|route=[[West Midlands Trains|West Midlands Railway]]<br />[[Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line|Wolverhampton – Birmingham – Walsall]]|col={{WMT colour}} }}
{{s-rail-national|next=Sandwell & Dudley|previous=Stafford|toc=Avanti West Coast|route=[[West Coast Main Line]]}}
{{Future rail insert |text=Future services}}
{{rail line|next={{rws|Willenhall Bilston Street}}|route=[[West Midlands Trains|West Midlands Railway]]<br />[[Walsall–Wolverhampton line]]|col={{WMT colour}} }}
{{Disused Rail Insert}}
{{rail line|previous=Terminus|next=[[Heath Town railway station|Heath Town]]|route=[[Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway|Wolverhampton and<br />Walsall Railway]]<br /><small>Later [[Midland Railway]]</small> |col={{MR colour}} }}
}}

==Platforms==
[[File:Wolverhampton railway station MMB 07.jpg|thumb|The new (dating from 2004) Platform 4 (left) at Wolverhampton.]]
Wolverhampton station has six platforms: platforms 1 to 4 are through platforms, while platforms 5 and 6 are bay platforms at the south and north ends respectively.  Although all four through platforms are reversible, in practice platform 1 is used for northbound services, platform 2 for northbound and southbound services, and platforms 3 and 4 are for southbound services. Platform 3 is also used for northbound services at busy times. Platform 5 is used by local services to Walsall via [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham New Street]]. Platform 6 was designed for local services on the [[Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line]] (and was formerly numbered Platform 4 but was renumbered upon the construction of the present Platform 4 in 2004) but is now rarely used, as the majority of services on that route travel through to Birmingham (or occasionally to Walsall). It is generally used for the first service of the day to Shrewsbury and for holding trains when they are not in use.

Platform 1 is mostly used for northbound services, however in the late evenings and on Sundays, there are still a few Avanti West Coast shuttle services that either terminate in platforms 1 or 2. These shuttle trains, usually travel to London Euston, via Birmingham New Street. The shuttle trains are usually of 9-car formation.

Platform 4 is now used for all Avanti West Coast services from Edinburgh/Glasgow to London Euston.

All platforms at the station are [[Railway electrification|electrified]] to 25 kV AC overhead power.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bridge|first1=Mike|title=Railway Track Diagrams book 4: Mdlands & North West|date=2013|publisher=Trackmaps|location=Bradford-on-Avon|isbn=978-0-9549866-7-4|page=19|edition=3}}</ref>

==The Interchange Project==
The railway station is earmarked for redevelopment as part of the Wolverhampton Interchange Project. Ion Developments (previously Neptune Developments) were selected for the project and plan to create a major mixed used area that includes both bus and railway stations, a hotel, retail outlets, bars, cafes and offices.

The plan is to completely rebuild the railway station and improve pedestrian access over the ring road, with a new footbridge link direct to the bus station. After a shortfall in funding for the project, it was decided that the development would take place in phases. Phase One began in April 2010 with the construction of the new [[Wolverhampton bus station|bus station]] which was completed in 2011. Phase Two, which includes the railway station, canalside development, and a hotel, has commenced as of September 2018.

On 31 December 2014 the first phase of the redevelopment of the Railway Station was announced, with the redevelopment of the station's car park, it has seen the car park refurbished and extended to take the existing capacity from 520 to just over 900, along with a new entrance to the car park created from Mill Street, and also includes parking for bikes and motorbikes. It is also expected that a hotel will eventually be developed to change the facade of the car park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/12/31/500-extra-car-parking-spaces-to-be-created-at-wolverhampton-railway-station/|title=500 extra car parking spaces to be created at Wolverhampton railway station|website=www.expressandstar.com|date=31 December 2014 |access-date=21 March 2018|archive-date=20 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520061154/https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/12/31/500-extra-car-parking-spaces-to-be-created-at-wolverhampton-railway-station/|url-status=live}}</ref>

From Sunday 8 January 2017, vehicular access to the railway station changed, with access now via Corn Hill. This change coincided with the opening of the extended car park. This has also created a new short stay and drop off area including a new taxi rank. The change has seen Railway Drive completely closed to enable the laying of tracks for the new Metro extension to commence and the rebuilding of the railway station.<ref>{{Cite web|title=All change! Wolverhampton Railway Station work is revealed – PICTURES|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/transport/2017/01/07/all-change-wolverhampton-railway-station-work-is-revealed-pictures/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=www.expressandstar.com|date=7 January 2017 |language=en|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184342/https://www.expressandstar.com/news/transport/2017/01/07/all-change-wolverhampton-railway-station-work-is-revealed-pictures/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On Friday 28 September 2018, work started on Wolverhampton's Railway Station, with the demolition on the Transport Police building.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ross|first=Alex|title=Work finally begins on new Wolverhampton Railway Station|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2018/09/28/work-to-finally-begin-on-new-railway-station/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=www.expressandstar.com|date=28 September 2018 |language=en|archive-date=28 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928120435/https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2018/09/28/work-to-finally-begin-on-new-railway-station/|url-status=live}}</ref> The new station building opened on 25 May 2020, completing the first phase of the redevelopment of the railway station. The following week the demolition of the old railway station building commenced, with the whole new building completed in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vukmirovic|first=James|title=New-look Wolverhampton Railway Station opens with first phase of £150m project complete|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/transport/2020/05/22/new-look-wolverhampton-railway-station-opening-monday-with-first-phase-of-150m-project-complete/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=www.expressandstar.com|date=22 May 2020 |language=en|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626160325/https://www.expressandstar.com/news/transport/2020/05/22/new-look-wolverhampton-railway-station-opening-monday-with-first-phase-of-150m-project-complete/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|last=Parkes|first=Thomas|title=Wolverhampton's railway station back fully open as tram line work continues|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2021/06/28/wolverhamptons-railway-station-fully-opened-up-to-public-after-being-approved-by-transport-chiefs/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=www.expressandstar.com|date=28 June 2021 |language=en|archive-date=2 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702215622/https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2021/06/28/wolverhamptons-railway-station-fully-opened-up-to-public-after-being-approved-by-transport-chiefs/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 29 July 2022, the Central England Co-operative opened a food branch at the station.

===West Midlands Metro stop===
{{Infobox station
| name = Wolverhampton Station
| symbol_location = birmingham
| symbol = birmingham
| symbol_location2 = gb
| symbol2 = 
| type = [[West Midlands Metro]] tram stop
| image = Station Tram, Gordon Griffiths, 7626181.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = 
| address = Railway Drive
| borough = [[Wolverhampton]]
| country = England
| coordinates = 
| line = Line 1 (Edgbaston Village&nbsp;– Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station)
| platforms = 1
| opened = {{Start date|2023|09|17|df=y}}
| closed = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} -->
| passengers = N/A
| pass_year = 
| mapframe = 
}}

As part of the Interchange project, [[West Midlands Metro]] Line 1 was extended to the railway station with the addition of a new Metro stop. It was expected to be operational by 2020, however this was delayed until the stop opened on 17 September 2023.<ref name=metro>{{cite news|url= https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2023/09/17/todays-the-day-as-new-metro-route-opens-to-public/ |newspaper= Express and Star|title=  Today's the day as long-awaited Wolverhampton Metro extension to city's railway station opens|first1=Adam|last1=Smith|date=28 October 2022|access-date=27 November 2022|archive-date=27 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127090758/https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2022/10/28/wolverhampton-metro-extension-delay-until-spring-2023-is-catastrophe-for-city/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{S-start|noclear=yes}}
{{s-rail|title=MIDM}}
{{tram line|next=''Terminus''|route=Line 1|previous=[[Pipers Row tram stop|Pipers Row]]|col={{Midland-Metro-colour|Line 1}} }}
{{s-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|at=figs. 6–10|publisher=Middleton Press|year=2009|isbn=9781906008444|oclc=286385795}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Wolverhampton railway station}}
*{{stn art lnk|WVH|WV11LE}}
*[http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/wolverhampton.php Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Wolverhampton station]
*[http://wolverhamptoninterchange.co.uk Wolverhampton Interchange]

{{Railway stations served by Avanti West Coast}}
{{Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains}}
{{Railway stations served by Transport for Wales}}
{{Railway stations served by CrossCountry}}
{{West Midlands railway stations}}
{{Major railway stations in Great Britain}}
{{West Midlands Metro}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolverhampton Railway Station}}
[[Category:Railway stations in Wolverhampton]]
[[Category:Tram stops in Wolverhampton]]
[[Category:DfT Category B stations]]
[[Category:Former London and North Western Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1852]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by CrossCountry]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Avanti West Coast]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains]]
[[Category:Stations on the West Coast Main Line]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2021]]