Halesowen railway station

52°27′15″N 2°02′32″W / 52.4541°N 2.0422°W / 52.4541; -2.0422Grid referenceSO972840Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyMidland Railway and Great Western Railway jointKey dates1 March 1878Opened^[1]5 December 1927Closed to passengers. Workmens trains continued.^[1]29 August 1958Workmens trains withdrawn^[1]1964Line closed completely^[1]

Halesowen railway station was a railway station in Halesowen, West Midlands, England on the Great Western Railway & Midland Railway's Joint Halesowen Railway line from Old Hill to Longbridge.

History

The station opened in 1878, it had a very short life in terms of passenger services. All of the station, lines and passenger services ceased in 1927 except a few factory worker trains which served the Austin Rover Works in Longbridge until 1958.^[1]

The station had yard facilities and a small branch to the Hawne Basin on the Dudley Canal, with freight services continuing until the closure of the line in 1964.

Preservation

The track bed remains undeveloped but Halesowen railway station has been demolished. The station site is an industrial site on the bottom of Mucklow Hill (which used to pass over the railway line on a bridge) next to Halesowen College.^[2][3]

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Stourbridge to Wolverhampton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 51-58. ISBN 9781906008161. OCLC 261924375.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Coombes Holloway Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway and Midland Railway Halesowen Railway		Hunnington Line and station closed