Brierley Hill railway station
Brierley Hill | |
|---|---|
 The station in 1962 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Brierley Hill, Dudley Metropolitan Borough England |
| Coordinates | 52°29′03″N 2°07′38″W / 52.4841°N 2.1273°W |
| Grid reference | SO914873 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1858 | Opened |
| 30 July 1962 | Closed |
Brierley Hill railway station served the town of Brierley Hill, in the West Midlands (historically Staffordshire), England. It was a stop on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line
History
[edit]The station was opened in 1858.[1] Two railways served the station: originally the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway and the South Staffordshire Railway, which later became the Great Western Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway (through amalgamation of the London and North Western Railway) respectively.[citation needed]
British Rail closed the station in 1962.[1]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Oak | Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Later Great Western Railway, then British Rail Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton (1852-1962) |
Brettell Lane | ||
| Round Oak | South Staffordshire Railway Later LNWR, then LMS, finally BR South Staffs Line Dudley-Stourbridge Junction section (1852-1962) |
Brettell Lane |
The site today
[edit]The station's pedestrian entrance from Station Road is still in situ, though it has long been blocked off by a fence.[citation needed]
Goods trains still use the track where the station once stood, on their way to the nearby Round Oak Steel Terminal.[citation needed]
Midland Metro development
[edit]West Midlands Metro Wednesbury to Brierley Hill extension |
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In March 2011, a plan was submitted by Dudley Council to Network Rail to reopen the South Staffordshire Line, with passenger and freight trains between Stourbridge and Walsall.[2]
Developments in 2017 raised hopes that passenger rail services would be restored over the entire line from Stourbridge Junction to Wednesbury, albeit in two sections. Between Brierley Hill and Wednesbury, work started to clear vegetation to prepare the route for a Metro line to be constructed, subject to a grant from the Government.[3]
In March 2019, the West Midlands Combined Authority gave the final go-ahead for the cash to finance the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill rail link.[4]
As at March 2025, the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill extension is expected to be delivered in two phases. The first phase to Dudley town centre is expected to open for passenger services in autumn 2025. Construction for the second phase to Merry Hill, in Brierley Hill, is expected to ramp-up concurrently, with finishing works for phase one in 2025.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- ^ "Stourbridge to Walsall train-tram plan is on the right lines". Stourbridge News. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Walsall line". Stourbridge Line User Group. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Midland Metro extension". Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Wednesbury To Brierley Hill Metro Extension". Midland Metro Alliance. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Boynton, John (1997). A Century of Railways around Birmingham and the West Midlands Volume 1. ISBN 0-9522248-4-4.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Stourbridge to Wolverhampton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 16-19. ISBN 9781906008161. OCLC 261924375.
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