Great Bridge South railway station

Not to be confused with the nearby Great Bridge North railway station.

Great Bridge South
The station site today
General information
Location	Great Bridge, Sandwell England
Coordinates	52°31′52″N2°02′14″W / 52.5311°N 2.0371°W / 52.5311; -2.0371
Grid reference	SO975925
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1866	Opened as Great Bridge [1]
1915	Closed [1]
1920	Reopened [1]
1950	Renamed as Great Bridge South [1]
1964	Closed [1]

Great Bridge South railway station was a stop on a link between the South Staffordshire and the Birmingham Snow Hill-Wolverhampton Low Level lines. It served the village of Great Bridge and town of Tipton, in Staffordshire, England.

History

The station was opened in 1866. As with many passenger stations, it closed during the years of the First World War but reopened in 1920.

Despite another station existing in Great Bridge from 1866, the station was not given the name of South until after nationalisation in 1950.

It remained operational until British Railways closed the station during the Beeching Axe in 1964.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Dudley Port		Great Western Railway Birmingham-Wolverhampton-Dudley Branch (1852-1964)		Swan Village

The site today

The station site is now a housing estate, while much of the railway alignment was reused for the Black Country Spine Road.

References

1. "Great Bridge South Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.