Baptist End railway station

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Baptist End
Baptist End station site in 2017.jpg
Station site in 2017
General information
Location Netherton, Dudley
England
Coordinates 52°29′48″N2°04′57″W / 52.4968°N 2.0826°W / 52.4968; -2.0826
Grid reference SO944887
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
21 August 1905Opened [1]
15 June 1964Closed [1]

Baptist End railway station was a station on the former Great Western Railway's Bumble Hole Line between Blowers Green and Old Hill.

It opened in 1905 and closed in 1964, [2] as part of the Beeching Axe. The railway which passed through the site had closed completely within four years of the station's closure, and the track was removed soon afterwards. Nature has since reclaimed the section of the railway which passed through the site of the station.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Station Name: Baptist End Halt". Disused Stations. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. "Pensnett Halt". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

Further reading

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Blowers Green   Great Western Railway
Later British Rail
Bumble Hole Line (1878-1964)
  Windmill End