Wichnor Junction railway station

Initially they had an agreement with the Midland Railway for running powers over the line through to Burton upon Trent, but a deterioration in relations in 1853 led to the Midland revoking the running powers forcing the construction of a new station at Wichnor for the interchange of passengers and goods.

Later that year the station was the scene of a dispute between the two companies as reported in the Morning Post of 9 November 1861:The leviathans of the railway world, the London and North-Western and the Midland Companies, had a sharp contest last week for a price of no mean order - all the traffic from Burton-upon-Trent, amounting altogether to 300,000 tons annually.

The Midland officials lost no time in sending a large staff of navvies and two powerful engines, with instructions to remove the rails rather than allow the entry of a rival on their pet goods station.

On the North-Western train approaching, the navvies set to work with a will, and half a dozen rails were soon raised, thus placing the new comers hors de combat.

The new branch lines of the London and North-Western Company have been made on land purchased (at an enormous cost) from the Marquis of Anglesea, and Messrs. Samuel Allsopp and Sons, the eminent brewers of that town.