 A station called "Walsall" (also known as "Bescot Bridge") was also opened, located some distance from the town, this station was closed in 1850, shortly after the present station opened on the South Staffordshire Line, it was reopened as , in 1881 and then closed in 1941.The GJR amalgamated with other railways to form the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1846.The present line was completed in 1881, when the LNWR constructed two spurs from the GJR at Wolverhampton and Walsall.