Brownhills railway station


Brownhills railway station is a disused railway station in Brownhills, West Midlands that formerly was Walsall-Lichfield section of the South Staffordshire Line.

History

It was opened in 1849. The station was built and served by the South Staffordshire Railway, which later became the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
Unlike Wednesbury and Great Bridge further up the line, this station was never assigned another name when a second station was opened by the Midland Railway.
It closed as part of the Beeching Axe in January 1965. Goods trains continued to pass through the site until March 1984, when the line was completely closed. It is preserved in case the railway line between Walsall and Lichfield reopens.

Station site today

The trackbed is now a leisure greenway from Walsall to Brownhills. Traces of the former station can still be seen and some track remains down north of Brownhills near Angelsea Sidings.