Brownhills Watling Street railway station explained

Brownhills Watling Street
Status:Disused
Borough:Brownhills, Walsall
Country:England
Coordinates:52.6534°N -1.9436°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Pregroup:Midland Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Years1:1 July 1884
Events1:Opened as Brownhills[1]
Years2:2 June 1924
Events2:Renamed as Brownhills Watling Street
Years3:31 March 1930
Events3:Closed to passengers
Years4:1960
Events4:Line closed[2]

Brownhills Watling Street railway station was a station on the Midland Railway in England. It was opened in 1884, closed in March 1930 for passenger use and the track was closed in 1960.

It opened as simply Brownhills railway station, which was also the name of the other station within the town, which was operated by the London and North Western Railway on the South Staffordshire Line. The station was renamed in 1924.

The branch line that the station was situated on was planned to access the colliery traffic[3] in the Cannock area and to link to the Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway, and passenger traffic was a secondary consideration. The station was the terminus of passenger services on the line but freight traffic continued northwards to serve the collieries in the area.

The line to the north of the station is now in use as part of the Chasewater Railway.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Station Name: Brownhills Watling Street. Disused Stations. 30 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Brownhills Watling Street Station. Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. 30 March 2017.
  3. Web site: Brownhills - Built on coal. David Hodgkinson. 30 March 2017.