Gornal Halt railway station

Gornal Halt
The site of Gornal Halt, now under the newly built Himley View housing estate.
General information
Location	Pensnett, Dudley England
Coordinates	52°30′33″N2°08′32″W / 52.5092°N 2.1422°W / 52.5092; -2.1422
Grid reference	SO904901
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1925	Opened [1]
1932	Closed [1]
Location

Gornal Halt was a small railway stop on the Wombourne Branch Line. ^[2] It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1925 and closed in 1932. ^[1] The halt served the nearby village of Gornal Wood. The railway passing through the site remained open until 1968.

The South Staffordshire Railway Walk ends around the Gornal Halt area and the site of Gornal Halt towards Pensnett Halt railway station has become "Himley View", which is a mix of a housing estate and industrial estates.

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

References

1. "Gornal Halt". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
2. Williams, J. Ned (1969). By rail to Wombourn. Uralia Press. ISBN   9780950053301. OCLC   5172527.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. fig. 50. ISBN   9781906008444. OCLC   286385795.