North Walsall railway station

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North Walsall
Site of North Walsall station shortly after it was filled in..jpg
General information
Location Birchills and Leamore, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
England
Coordinates 52°35′52″N1°59′18″W / 52.5977°N 1.9884°W / 52.5977; -1.9884 Coordinates: 52°35′52″N1°59′18″W / 52.5977°N 1.9884°W / 52.5977; -1.9884
Grid reference SP008999
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 November 1872Opened [1]
13 July 1925Closed to passengers

North Walsall railway station was a station built by the Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway in 1872, and was operated by the Midland Railway from 1876 onwards. It served the north Walsall areas of Birchills and Leamore. It was located west of Bloxwich Road in a cutting. [2]

Contents

The station closed in 1925, [3] although the railway serving it remained open for a further 57 years, serving Birchills Power Station until its closure in October 1982, when the line closed.

Station site today

Due to decades of litter and fly tipping. A proposal was submitted to Walsall Council to fill in the cutting between Walsall and to the north of North Walsall (Near the present day Reedswood Retail Park).

Centro confirmed the plan and in late 2015/early 2016. Work began to fill in the cutting and remove a pedestrian overpass nearby. The site is now filled in with dirt and a very small section fenced off on both ends is used by walkers to cross over to the two nearby housing estates on both ends of the former trackbed. No evidence remains of the former North Walsall station other than the road bridges and the trackbed towards Bentley.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Bentley   Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway
Later Midland Railway 		  Walsall
  Midland Railway
Sutton Park Line 		  Aldridge

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References

  1. ↑ "Station Name: North Walsall". Disused Stations. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Walsall: Communications". British History Online. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "North Walsall Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 30 March 2017.


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