[2] The building complemented the façade of the original Wolverhampton High Level station until the latter was demolished in the mid-1960s and replaced with a more modern structure.

The new building is described as "vastly inferior" by railway historian Gordon Biddle, as part of the modernisation of the West Coast Main Line.

[1] It sits in Queen Street in Wolverhampton, at the foot of a 220-yard (200 metre) driveway which led to the station on the opposite side of the Birmingham Canal.

[2] The building fell into a state of severe dereliction in the 1970s but was comprehensively rebuilt on instruction of Wolverhampton Council by local contractor Royle & Stanley between 1988 - 1991.

The project resulted in the building providing rest facilities for bus drivers with a small cafe downstairs, and an enquiry bureau for West Midlands Travel Executive in a new structure nearby which has since been demolished.