Stafford railway station

Stafford
Station frontage in 2022.
General information
Location	Stafford, Borough of Stafford England
Coordinates	52°48′13″N 2°07′23″W / 52.80359°N 2.12307°W / 52.80359; -2.12307
Grid reference	SJ918229
Managed by	Avanti West Coast
Platforms	6
Tracks	7
Other information
Station code	STA
Classification	DfT category C1
History
Original company	Grand Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
4 July 1837 (1837-07-04)	Station opened
1844	Rebuilt
1862	Rebuilt
1962	Current building opened
Passengers
2018/19	2.466 million
Interchange	0.493 million
2019/20	2.591 million
Interchange	0.472 million
2020/21	0.574 million
Interchange	56,156
2021/22	1.811 million
Interchange	0.212 million
2022/23	1.639 million
Interchange	0.338 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Stafford railway station is a major interchange railway station in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, and is the second busiest railway station in Staffordshire, after Stoke-on-Trent. The station serves the market and county town, as well as surrounding villages. The station lies on the junction of the Trent Valley line, the Birmingham Loop/Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line, and the West Coast Main Line.

Stafford station also formerly served the now defunct Stafford to Uttoxeter and Stafford–Shrewsbury lines.

The current brutalist station building was built in 1962, and is the fourth station to have existed on this site. The interior of the station was refurbished in 2015, which allowed the station to have a new WHSmith store and an improved ticket office.