Route | Wolverhampton to Chester (Saltney Jn) Line |
Section | Stafford Road Jn to Saltney Jn |
Maps | WSJ2 Interactive • Local: Wolverhampton , Telford , Wellington , Shrewsbury , Oswestry , Wrexham , Chester |
Details | Track Curvature • Elevation Profile |
Extent | 142M 1709y to 212M 0265y • 69.180 miles • 111.334 km |
Measured | 111.273 km (-60m, relative to reported extent) ℹ️ |
Grouping | WSJ1 , WSJ2 |
Neighbours | AFE , CNH3 , GNQ1 , MJI1 , OXC , SHL , SYC , WDB1 , WND , WSJ1 |
NR Regions | 🟥 North West & Central • 142M 1709y to 170M 1088y 🟧 Wales & Western • 170M 1089y to 202M 1308y 🟥 North West & Central • 202M 1309y to 212M 0265y |
LOR | 🟠 GW731 Abbey Foregate to Ruabon 🟣 MD801 Wolverhampton North Jn to Abbey Foregate (exclusive) 🔴 NW3005 Gobowen (exclusive) to Saltney Jn |
TRACKmaps | 🟠 Western & Wales 🔴 Midlands & North West |
Urban Areas | Wolverhampton, Telford, Shrewsbury, Wrexham |
Administrative Areas and Nearest Places
From To Country Administrative Area 142 ●●● 143 ●●● England West Midlands 143 ●●● 147 ●● England Staffordshire 147 ●● 154 ●● England Shropshire 154 ●● 165 ● England Telford and Wrekin 165 ● 192 England Shropshire 192 208 Wales Wrexham 208 212 England Cheshire From To Nearest Place District / County Proximity 142 ●●● 143 ●● Dunstall Hill City of Wolverhampton Near → Remote 143 ●● 144 Aldersley City of Wolverhampton Near → Remote 144 144 ●● Blakeley Green City of Wolverhampton Near → Distant 144 ●● 145 Palmers Cross City of Wolverhampton Distant → Remote 145 146 Bilbrook Staffordshire - South Staffordshire Near → Remote 146 147 Codsall Staffordshire - South Staffordshire Near → Remote 147 147 ●● Oaken Staffordshire - South Staffordshire Remote 147 ●● 148 ●●● Kingswood Shropshire Distant → Remote 148 ●●● 150 ●●● Albrighton Shropshire Distant → Remote 150 ●●● 151 ●●● Whiston Cross Shropshire Remote 151 ●●● 152 ●●● Tong Shropshire Remote 152 ●●● 154 ●●● Shifnal Shropshire Near → Remote 154 ●●● 155 Haughton Shropshire Remote 155 155 ●● The Wyke Shropshire Remote 155 ●● 155 ●●● Nedge Hill Shropshire Remote 155 ●●● 157 Stafford Park Telford and Wrekin Near → Remote 157 157 ●● Town Centre Telford and Wrekin Near → Distant 157 ●● 158 Snedshill Telford and Wrekin Near → Distant 158 158 Ketley Bank Telford and Wrekin Distant 158 158 ●●● Oakengates Telford and Wrekin Adjacent → Distant 158 ●●● 159 ●● Wombridge Telford and Wrekin Adjacent → Distant 159 ●● 159 ●●● Hadley Telford and Wrekin Distant 159 ●●● 160 ●● Ketley Telford and Wrekin Near → Remote 160 ●● 160 ●●● Arleston Telford and Wrekin Remote 160 ●●● 162 Wellington Telford and Wrekin Adjacent → Remote 162 163 Admaston Telford and Wrekin Near → Remote 163 163 ● Wrockwardine Telford and Wrekin Remote 163 ● 164 ●● Allscott Telford and Wrekin Near → Remote 164 ●● 165 ●●● Walcot Telford and Wrekin Near → Remote 165 ●●● 166 Charlton Telford and Wrekin Remote 166 166 Walcot Telford and Wrekin Remote 166 166 ●●● Withington Shropshire Remote 166 ●●● 168 ●● Upton Magna Shropshire Distant → Remote 168 ●● 169 ●●● Preston Shropshire Near → Remote 169 ●●● 170 ● Monkmoor Shropshire Remote 170 ● 171 ● Cherry Orchard Shropshire Adjacent → Remote 171 ● 171 ●● Shrewsbury Shropshire Distant 171 ●● 171 ●●● Castle Fields Shropshire Distant 171 ●●● 171 ●●● Coton Hill Shropshire Near → Distant 171 ●●● 172 ●●● Greenfields Shropshire Near → Remote 172 ●●● 173 Mount Pleasant Shropshire Remote 173 174 Crossgreen Shropshire Distant → Remote 174 174 ● Leaton Knolls Shropshire Distant 174 ● 175 ● Dunnsheath Shropshire Near → Remote 175 ● 175 ● Leaton Shropshire Remote 175 ● 176 ● Bomere Heath Shropshire Distant → Remote 176 ● 177 ●● Old Woods Shropshire Adjacent → Remote 177 ●● 177 ●● Walford Heath Shropshire Remote 177 ●● 178 Walford Shropshire Remote 178 178 ●●● Eyton Shropshire Near → Remote 178 ●●● 179 ●●● Newtown Shropshire Near → Remote 179 ●●● 181 ● Stanwardine in the Fields Shropshire Adjacent → Remote 181 ● 182 ● Wykey Shropshire Remote 182 ● 183 ● Henbarns Shropshire Near → Remote 183 ● 184 Haughton Shropshire Near → Distant 184 184 Grimpo Shropshire Distant 184 185 Sutton Shropshire Near → Remote 185 185 ●●● Wootton Shropshire Remote 185 ●●● 187 Babbinswood Shropshire Near → Remote 187 188 Whittington Shropshire Adjacent → Distant 188 188 ●● Park Hall Shropshire Near → Distant 188 ●● 189 ● Twmpath Shropshire Near → Distant 189 ● 190 Gobowen Shropshire Near → Distant 190 190 ●●● Daywall Shropshire Near → Remote 190 ●●● 191 ●●● Preesgweene Shropshire Adjacent → Remote 191 ●●● 192 ● Chirk Bank Shropshire Near → Distant 192 ● 193 Chirk Wrexham Distant → Remote 193 193 ●●● Rhosywaun Wrexham Remote 193 ●●● 194 ●●● Pentre Wrexham Near → Remote 194 ●●● 195 ● Newbridge Wrexham Near 195 ● 195 ● Cefn-bychan Wrexham Near 195 ● 195 ●● Cefn-mawr Wrexham Near 195 ●● 196 Rhosymedre Wrexham Adjacent → Distant 196 196 ●● Plas Madoc Wrexham Distant → Remote 196 ●● 197 ●●● Ruabon Wrexham Near → Remote 197 ●●● 198 ●●● Johnstown Wrexham Near → Remote 198 ●●● 199 ●● Pentre Bychan Wrexham Distant → Remote 199 ●● 201 Rhostyllen Wrexham Adjacent → Remote 201 201 ●●● Wrexham Wrexham Distant → Remote 201 ●●● 202 Rhosddu Wrexham Near → Distant 202 202 Croes Eneurys Wrexham Near 202 202 ●●● Stansty Wrexham Adjacent → Distant 202 ●●● 203 ●● Gardd Estyn Wrexham Distant → Remote 203 ●● 203 ●●● Bradley Wrexham Remote 203 ●●● 205 Gresford Wrexham Distant → Remote 205 205 ●● Pant Wrexham Distant 205 ●● 206 ● Marford Wrexham Near → Distant 206 ● 207 Burton Wrexham Distant 207 208 Broadoak Wrexham Adjacent → Remote 208 208 ● Pulford Cheshire West and Chester Remote 208 ● 208 ●● Cuckoo’s Nest Cheshire West and Chester Remote 208 ●● 209 Dodleston Cheshire West and Chester Remote 209 210 ● Balderton Cheshire West and Chester Near → Remote 210 ● 210 ●● Roughhill Cheshire West and Chester Remote 210 ●● 211 ●●● Saltney Cheshire West and Chester Adjacent → Remote 211 ●●● 212 Curzon Park Cheshire West and Chester Near → Distant
Milepost | Principal Features (More…) | Connections |
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143 | Stafford Road Jn | OXC , WSJ1 |
145 ●●● | BILBROOK | |
146 ●● | CODSALL | |
149 ● | ALBRIGHTON | |
150 ●●● | COSFORD | |
154 ● | SHIFNAL | |
156 | Madeley Jn | HCM3 , LEC4 , MJI1 |
157 ● | TELFORD CENTRAL | |
158 ● | OAKENGATES | |
160 ●●● | Donnington Jn | WND |
161 ● | WELLINGTON | |
171 | Abbey Foregate Jn | AFE |
171 ● | Shrewsbury Severn Bridge Jn | SHL |
171 ●● | SHREWSBURY | |
171 ●● | Shrewsbury, Crewe Jn | SYC |
189 ●● | Gobowen GF | GNQ1 |
189 ●● | Oswestry Branch Jn | GNQ1 |
189 ●● | GOBOWEN | |
192 ●● | CHIRK | |
197 | RUABON | |
201 ●●● | WREXHAM GENERAL | |
202 ● | Wrexham North Jn | |
211 ●●● | Saltney Jn | CNH3 |