Bromley Halt railway station

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Bromley Halt
Bromley Halt .jpg
The former site of Bromley Halt.
General information
Location Bromley, Dudley
England
Coordinates 52°29′25″N2°08′25″W / 52.4904°N 2.1403°W / 52.4904; -2.1403
Grid reference SO905880
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
11 May 1925Opened [1]
31 October 1932Closed [1] [2]

Bromley Halt was a small railway stop on the Wombourne Branch Line. It had very poor patronage and, along with the rest of the line's passenger stations, was closed just seven years after its introduction by the Great Western Railway in 1925. The halt served the communities between Pensnett, Wordsley and Kingswinford. A portion of the line remained open until 1992 between Pensnett Trading Estate and Kingswinford Junction. The line from Bromley Haly to Kingswinford Junction has since been mothballed.

Bromley Halt ran alongside the Stourbridge Extension Canal, which itself was eventually removed. Only two platforms and a single line from Bromley Halt to Pensnett Halt and Kingswinford Junction remain.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Pensnett Halt   Great Western Railway
"The Wombourne Branch" (1925-1932)
  Brockmoor Halt

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bromley Halt". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 99. OCLC   931112387.

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