Handsworth and Smethwick railway station explained

Handsworth and Smethwick
Status:Disused
Borough:Handsworth, City of Birmingham
Country:England
Coordinates:52.5022°N -1.953°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:4
Original:Great Western Railway (Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway)
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Events:Opened as Handsworth and Smethwick
Years1:6 March 1972
Events1:Closed
Years2:1999
Events2:Reopened as Handsworth, Booth Street

Handsworth & Smethwick was an intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line. It was opened in 1854.[1]

The station's architecture was reminiscent of that of other stations and was almost exactly the same as Wednesbury and West Bromwich stations.

The station closed in 1972, with the line and much of the site has been demolished.

Site today

In 1999, Handsworth Booth Street tram stop was opened on the site of the station, as part of the Midland Metro line. The only signs of the original building are the station toilets, whose doorways are blocked up, on Booth Street.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Handsworth & Smethwick Station. Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. 1 April 2017.