Aldridge railway station

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Aldridge
Aldridge station, with Society Special train, 1951 (geograph 5039140).jpg
Aldridge station, 1951
General information
Location Aldridge, Walsall
England
Coordinates 52°36′07″N1°55′16″W / 52.6020°N 1.9212°W / 52.6020; -1.9212 Coordinates: 52°36′07″N1°55′16″W / 52.6020°N 1.9212°W / 52.6020; -1.9212
Grid reference SK053005
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Key dates
1 July 1879Station Opened
18 January 1965Station Closed

Aldridge railway station is a disused station on the Midland Railway in England. It was opened in 1879 and closed in 1965, although the track through the station is still in use for freight.

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History

Opened by the Midland Railway in 1879, Aldridge railway station became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was closed by the British Railways Board in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts [1] and subsequently demolished.

In 2009, the Association of Train Operating Companies included the station in a list of proposed station re-openings. [2]

In February 2021 it was announced that land had been purchased in Aldridge near the site of its former railway station as part of plans led by Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street and Aldridge-Brownhills MP Wendy Morton to reopen at least part of the Sutton Park line. [3]

The Site Today

Freight trains still pass the site on the Sutton Park Line.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Streetly
Line and station closed		  Midland Railway
Sutton Park Line 		  Walsall
Line closed, station open
  Midland Railway
Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway 		  North Walsall
Line and station closed
Terminus  Midland Railway
Aldridge to Brownhills Branch 		  Walsall Wood
Line and station closed

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References

  1. ↑ Flash, Oprah (27 December 2019). "Huge step for new Aldridge railway station plans". birminghammail. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "BBC NEWS - England - Operators call for new rail lines". BBC News. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  3. ↑ Birmingham Mail, Huge boost for new Aldridge train station plans after £400k land investment, published 9 February 2021
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