Short Heath railway station
Short Heath | |
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Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway | |
Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
1 November 1872 | Opened[1] |
5 January 1931 | Closed to passengers[1] |
7 December 1964 | Closed[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
- ^ a b c d "Station Name:Short Heath". Disused Stations. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Short Heath Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- "Industry - Short Heath station". Willenhall History Society. Archived from the original on 7 April 2005.