The Cannock Chase Railways were mineral lines which served the collieries and many parts of Staffordshire.

This junction connected the lines from Walsall and Hednesford to Wolverhampton and Rugeley Trent Valley for the local collieries and the mines in the towns of Brownhills, Burntwood, Chasetown, Penkridge and Cannock.

The sidings and branch lines to the quarries ran around the Cannock Chase and Staffordshire area.

There was direct connections to Walsall and Dudley with a mineral branch from Ryders Hayes Crossing near Pelsall.

Historical records of Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway Company Limited (covering the period 1852-1946) are held at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham.