Great Bridge South railway station
Appearance
Great Bridge South | |
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General information | |
Location | Sandwell |
Coordinates | 52°31′52″N 2°02′14″W / 52.5311°N 2.0371°W |
History | |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1866 | Opened as Great Bridge[1] |
1915 | Closed[1] |
1920 | Reopened[1] |
1950 | Renamed as Great Bridge South[1] |
1964 | Closed[1] |
Great Bridge South railway station was the only station on a link line between the South Staffordshire Line and the Birmingham Snow Hill-Wolverhampton Low Level Line. It was opened in 1866. As with many passenger stations, it closed during the years of the First World War but reopened in 1920 and remained operational until British Rail closed the station through the Beeching Axe in 1964.
Despite another station existing in Great Bridge from 1866, the station was not given the name of South until after nationalisation in 1950.
The station site is now a housing estate.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Dudley Port | Great Western Railway Birmingham-Wolverhampton-Dudley Branch (1852-1964) |
Swan Village |
References
Categories:
- Disused railway stations in Sandwell
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964
- Beeching closures in England
- 1866 establishments in England
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- West Midlands (county) building and structure stubs
- West Midlands (region) railway station stubs