Dudley railway station
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| Place | Dudley | ||
| Local authority | Dudley | ||
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| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
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Dudley Railway Station was a passenger railway station located at Dudley, England, built where the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line and the South Staffordshire Line diverged to Wolverhampton and Walsall and Lichfield respectively.
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[edit] History
The station was built as a collaboration between the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (which was soon to fall into the hands of the Great Western Railway, and the London and North Western Railway (which had taken control of the South Staffordshire Railway - the company that had constructed the line from Lichfield, via Walsall, to Dudley). The latter eventually became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The station was completed in 1860.
[edit] Closure
The station was popular with local people who appreciated its convenient locations and frequent trains, with high numbers of passengers still using the services as recently as the 1950s. The OW&WR line from Stourbridge Junction to Wolverhampton Low Level closed to passengers in 1962, but Dudley remained as a terminus for trains from Walsall on the South Staffordshire Line and Old Hill on the Bumble Hole Line until the Beeching Axe had its effect in 1964.
The South Staffordshire Line's uses were complicated, since some trains terminated at Dudley from Lichfield and Walsall, and some continued through to Stourbridge Junction. Similarly, the same applied with the journey in reverse.
[edit] Usage since closure
The buildings of Dudley Station remained open for parcels until early 1967, when they were knocked down and replaced by a Freightliner Terminal - one of the first of its kind in Britain.
The Freightliner Terminal closed in 1989, and the line passing through Dudley closed to all traffic in 1993. Most of the track remains in place, although a few lengths of track around the site of Dudley Station have been removed and the site of the Freightliner Terminal is now little more than an overgrown field.
The closed section of railway through Dudley is expected to re-open by 2011, with one track used for Midland Metro trams and the other as a line for freight trains.
[edit] References
http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/dudley.php
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Terminus | Great Western Railway Later British Rail Bumble Hole (1878-1964) |
Blowers Green | ||
| Dudley Port | Great Western Railway Later British Rail Birmingham Snow Hill-Wolverhampton Line - Dudley Branch (1852-1964) |
Terminus | ||
| Tipton Five Ways | Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Later Great Western Railway, then British Rail Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton (1852-1962) |
Blowers Green | ||
| Dudley Port or Terminus |
South Staffordshire Railway Later LNWR, then LMS, finally BR South Staffs Line (inc. Dudley-Stourbridge Junction to 1962) (1852-1964) |
Blowers Green or Terminus |
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