Platform Ale House, Wolverhampton

This new micropub is situated on the down platform at Albrighton station. There is no access from the platform itself but it's a short walk to the other side of the building where there is also a reasonable sized area of external seating. Inside it's a decent size for a micropub consisting of a roughly square room with mostly low tables and chairs, a wooden floor and a small servery by the platform windows. This servery has six hand pumps which had a cider, Gorgeous Ruby Porter, Brough's LPA, Rowton Hooker Tackle, Shropshire Brewer Sawn Off Bitter and Tring Brock Bitter. I tried the Ruby Porter (£3.20) and the Brough LPA (£3.00) both of which were excellent. The friendly landlady explained how they only order beers from brewers that will deliver direct to them. It seemed odd that it included Tring but they only need to send a van up the nearby M40 and take the M5 branch of the M42. Sadly I hadn't noticed the CAMRA discount but will be returning sooner rather than later and will remember it then. I really like these out of the way station pubs rather than the better known expensive ones you find at major termini.