Great Bridge North railway station
Great Bridge North | |
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General information | |
Location | Great Bridge, Sandwell England |
Coordinates | 52°31′59″N 2°02′08″W / 52.5331°N 2.0356°W |
Grid reference | SO976927 |
Platforms | 2 (3) |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | South Staffordshire Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
1850 | Opened as Great Bridge[1] |
1950 | Renamed Great Bridge North'[1] |
1964 | Closed to passengers |
1972 | Closed outright |
Great Bridge North railway station was a station on the
History
The station was built in 1850 and was initially served by the South Staffordshire Railway. The South Staffordshire Railway was later absorbed by the London and North Western Railway, which amalgamated with several other railways in 1923 to create the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The station shared the name Great Bridge with its Great Western Railway counterpart built in 1866. North was appended to the name of the station just after nationalisation.
Passenger usage declined in the early 1880s, and the line became mainly freight in 1887. It remained open for goods traffic as the district became highly industrialised in the heyday of the
Midland Metro
A £1,100,000/15-year-long regeneration project is expected to re-open the closed section of railway through
Gallery
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Great Bridge North looking down from the crossing and past thesignal box, 2003
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Great Bridge North station, 2003
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Great Bridge North station, 2005
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Great Bridge North signal box, 2001.
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Great Bridge North's road crossing by the signal box, 2003.
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Great Bridge North railway station, walking down from the crossing and past the signal box, towards the modern warehouse in 2003. The canal bridge is fenced off and collapsing.
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The former siding and platform entrance outside Great Bridge North station, 2011
See also
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Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Wednesbury Town | South Staffs Line (1850-1964)
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Dudley Port | ||
Walsall or Terminus |
South Staffs Line (inc. Dudley-Stourbridge Junction to 1962) (1852-1964)
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Dudley Freightliner Terminal |
References
- ^ a b Doherty, Andrew. "Great Bridge North Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Timetable, Funding and Support". Midland Metro. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008.
- ^ a b Chadwick, Edward (25 November 2010). "Plans for £1.1 bn West Midlands Metro system unveiled". Birmingham Post. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- "Some South Staffordshire Railway Byways – The Darlaston Branch". John D's First Railway & Canal Blog. 25 August 2010.