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'''Brownhills West railway station''' is a heritage [[railway station]] on the [[Chasewater Railway]] in [[Staffordshire]]. It is the western terminus of the [[Chasewater Railway]]. The present facilities were constructed in the early 2000s after the original station stood in the way of the [[M6 Toll]] motorway. |
'''Brownhills West railway station''' is a heritage [[railway station]] on the [[Chasewater Railway]] in [[Staffordshire]]. It is the western terminus of the [[Chasewater Railway]]. The present facilities were constructed in the early 2000s after the original station stood in the way of the [[M6 Toll]] motorway. |
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Development of the railway had been inhibited by the M6 plans since 1980. The cost of the new facilities at Brownhills West were met with £500,000 from the motorway developers, £412,000 from the European Union mainly for the museum building, and a smaller amount from [[Lichfield District Council]]. The new route of the railway provided a good view of a new lake and park, another spinoff of the M6 development. The lake had previously been a disused clay pit used to dump coal-mining waste.<ref>L.J. Cox, "A contractor's view of policy", part 8 in, Peter Baldwin, Robert Baldwin (eds), ''The Motorway Achievement'', vol. 1, Thomas Telford, 2002 ISBN 9780727731968.</ref> |
Development of the railway had been inhibited by the M6 plans since 1980. In 1985 the railway opened a station called Brownhills West at {{coord|52|39|39.8|N|1|57|1.8|W |type:railwaystation_region:GB |display=inline}} which served until 2002 when the railway company were forced to close and move the station due to the construction of the [[M6 toll motorway]] which now covers this original location. |
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The cost of the new facilities at Brownhills West were met with £500,000 from the motorway developers, £412,000 from the European Union mainly for the museum building, and a smaller amount from [[Lichfield District Council]]. The new route of the railway provided a good view of a new lake and park, another spinoff of the M6 development. The lake had previously been a disused clay pit used to dump coal-mining waste.<ref>L.J. Cox, "A contractor's view of policy", part 8 in, Peter Baldwin, Robert Baldwin (eds), ''The Motorway Achievement'', vol. 1, Thomas Telford, 2002 ISBN 9780727731968.</ref> |
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Brownhills West | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Staffordshire |
| Coordinates | 52°39′46.00″N 1°57′11.00″W / 52.6627778°N 1.9530556°W |
| Managed by | Chasewater Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
Brownhills West railway station is a heritage railway station on the Chasewater Railway in Staffordshire. It is the western terminus of the Chasewater Railway. The present facilities were constructed in the early 2000s after the original station stood in the way of the M6 Toll motorway.
Development of the railway had been inhibited by the M6 plans since 1980. In 1985 the railway opened a station called Brownhills West at 52°39′39.8″N 1°57′1.8″W / 52.661056°N 1.950500°W which served until 2002 when the railway company were forced to close and move the station due to the construction of the M6 toll motorway which now covers this original location.
The cost of the new facilities at Brownhills West were met with £500,000 from the motorway developers, £412,000 from the European Union mainly for the museum building, and a smaller amount from Lichfield District Council. The new route of the railway provided a good view of a new lake and park, another spinoff of the M6 development. The lake had previously been a disused clay pit used to dump coal-mining waste.[1]
References
- ^ L.J. Cox, "A contractor's view of policy", part 8 in, Peter Baldwin, Robert Baldwin (eds), The Motorway Achievement, vol. 1, Thomas Telford, 2002 ISBN 9780727731968.
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