Wilnecote railway station
Wilnecote railway station is a small unmanned station serving Wilnecote 1.5 miles (2 km) south of Tamworth town centre in Staffordshire, England. The station is situated beneath a bridge which carries the former A5 Watling Street. History. It was opened in 1842 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway as Wilnecote and Fazeley, the name being shortened in 1904. In 1889, John William Leader, a corn merchant of Tamworth was killed at the station when crossing the tracks he was struck by an express from Derby. Stationmasters. In 1961 Brian A. Martin was appointed station master a  few months after his twentieth birthday and was at the time the youngest station master on British Railways. Services. Wilnecote is served by the hourly CrossCountry service between Birmingham New Street and Nottingham with the majority of the Northbound services coming from . West Midlands Trains manage the station but do not provide any train services there.