Wednesbury Central railway station

This article is about the disused station operated by the Great Western Railway. For the other disused station in Wednesbury operated by the London and North Western Railway, see Wednesbury Town railway station.

Wednesbury Central
General information
Location	Sandwell
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Line(s)	Great Western Railway's
Platforms	2
Key dates
1854	Opened as Wednesbury
1950	Renamed as Wednesbury Central
1972	Closed
1999	Re-opened as Wednesbury Great Western Street tram stop

Shunting operations at Wednesbury in 1962

Wednesbury Central railway station was a major intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London (Paddington) to Birkenhead via Birmingham (Snow Hill) line. It was opened as Wednesbury in 1854 and was one of two stations serving Wednesbury in the West Midlands. It was renamed to Wednesbury Central in 1950 following nationalisation. It closed along with the Birmingham to Wolverhampton section of the line in 1972.

Site Today

The site is now used by the Midland Metro as Wednesbury Great Western Street tram stop.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Swan Village Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Birmingham-Wolverhampton		Bradley and Moxley Line and station closed

References

• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Wednesbury Central railway station