Tipton Five Ways railway station explained

Tipton Five Ways
Status:Disused
Borough:Tipton, Sandwell
Country:England
Coordinates:52.5294°N -2.0791°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years1:1853
Events1:Opened as Tipton[1]
Years4:1950
Events4:Renamed as Tipton Five Ways
Years5:1962
Events5:Closed

Tipton Five Ways railway station was a station built by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, serving the town of Tipton in the western section near the border with Coseley for 88 years from 1853.

The 'Five Ways' tag was only added in 1950 – to avoid confusion with Tipton Owen Street. It was situated on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line. The station eventually closed in 1962, though the line remained open until 22 September 1968.[2] The station buildings were demolished soon after closure.

The station site was developed in 2001–02 with new housing, which made use of most of the track bed between Sedgley Road West and Birmingham New Road. The overbridges at both ends of this section of the railway were demolished at this time.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tipton Five Ways Station. Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. 31 March 2017.
  2. Web site: The Great Western Railway. Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website. https://web.archive.org/web/20120930090819/http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/railways/GWR.htm. 30 September 2012. dead.