Windmill End railway station explained

Windmill End
Status:Disused
Borough:Darby End, Dudley
Country:England
Coordinates:52.4908°N -2.0687°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Great Western Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years1:1 March 1878
Events1:Opened[1]
Years2:15 June 1964
Events2:Closed

Windmill End railway station was a station on the former Great Western Railway's Bumble Hole Line between Blowers Green and Old Hill.

It opened in 1878, was destaffed in 1952 and closed in 1964.[2] Its name was immortalised in that year as the closing words of the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann. The railway, however, remained open for another four years.

The site of the railway and the station had been obliterated by the end of the 1970s. It has now been largely reclaimed by nature.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Station Name: Windmill End Halt. Disused Stations. 31 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Windmill End Halt. Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. 31 March 2017.