Wombourn railway station

Wombourne
The station building and platform at Wombourn, now a cafe and part of the South Staffordshire Railway Walk.
General information
Location	Wombourne, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire England
Coordinates	52°32′36″N2°11′34″W / 52.5432°N 2.1927°W / 52.5432; -2.1927
Grid reference	SO869939
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1925	Opened [1]
1932	Closed [1]
Location

Wombourn railway station was the main intermediate station on the Wombourne Branch Line, situated at the Bratch. It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1925 and closed in 1932. ^[2] It was a grandiose affair with a goods yard and many station amenities. This, however, didn't stop poor patronage which led to the station's closure a mere seven years after opening. It remained in use for freight traffic until the line passing through the station was closed on 24 June 1965.

The building survives, however, and is now a tearoom, popular with walkers, and an information centre. It also is the second only station building to still be still in situ on the South Staffordshire Railway Walk.

The station itself was named Wombourn, the standard spelling of the time, in preference to the spelling Wombourne. This is the result of a decision made by the Great Western Railway, who feared confusion with the similarly named Wimborne.^{[ citation needed ]}

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

v t e Wombourn
Legend
line North Wombourn (station & signalbox)   line South

References

1. "Wombourne Station". Rail Around Birmingham & the West Midlands. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 463. OCLC   931112387.

• "Railway walk". Kingswinford. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 42-45. ISBN   9781906008444. OCLC   286385795.