Short Heath railway station

Coordinates: 52°35′32″N 2°02′21″W / 52.5923°N 2.0393°W / 52.5923; -2.0393
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Short Heath
Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 November 1872Opened[1]
5 January 1931Closed to passengers[1]
7 December 1964Closed[1]

Short Heath railway station was a station built by the

Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway in 1872,[2] and was operated by the Midland Railway from 1876 onwards. It served the area of Short Heath, to the north east of Willenhall
, although it was located well to the south of Short Heath itself.

The station closed in 1931 for passengers and for freight on 7 December 1964.[1]

Station site today

The station site is now a small hill near Willenhall Fire Station with the trackbed to the north converted into a public footpath and the trackbed towards Willenhall was removed and is now a slope towards small industrial units.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Willenhall Stafford Street  
Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway
Later Midland Railway
 
Bentley

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Station Name:Short Heath". Disused Stations. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Short Heath Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 30 March 2017.