Wednesbury Central railway station


Wednesbury Central railway station was a major intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line. It was opened as Wednesbury in 1854 and was one of two stations serving Wednesbury in the West Midlands. It was renamed to Wednesbury Central in 1950 following nationalisation. It closed along with the Birmingham to Wolverhampton section of the line in 1972.

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The site is now used by the Midland Metro as Wednesbury Great Western Street tram stop.