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Watch: How hard can it be to find your way from Sedgley to Wolverhampton railway station?

It can be a challenging thing to try and navigate around a place when you have no prior knowledge of the place.

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We take on a reader challenge to get from Sedgley to Wolverhampton railway station

Someone heading into the outskirts of a large city who hasn't been there before might find themselves disorientated by buildings, traffic and a general sense of not knowing where anything is.

If you don't know where landmarks are, it can be hard to get around without appropriate directions or signs telling you where things are.

This logo gives an indication of where the railway station is in any place

Recently, the Express and Star received a letter from a reader, in which the reader said there was little to any signage to Wolverhampton railway station from the road leading in from Sedgley.

The letter read: "I challenge you, with no sat nav and no knowledge of Wolverhampton so-called city, to drive from Sedgley to Wolverhampton railway station following the road signs, or lack of them.

"Let the council leaders try it. I did. I passed through what used to be the Fighting Cock junction past the shops until I met a four lane junction going straight on, so I continued in the left lane.

"Halfway to the ring road junction there is a sign saying turn right for the station, so now I had to force myself into the right lane, cross the bus lane, and into the next lane in rush hour where all the locals drive at 60 miles an hour, turning without indicating in cars with blacked out windows.

"So I got to the traffic lights, it’s pouring with rain, dark, and I’m searching for a sign for the station.