Bumble Hole Line
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The Bumble Hole Line was a railway located in Central England. It opened in 1868 to give Dudley a direct railway link with Old Hill, over a distance of three miles. It was one of the shortest railway lines ever built in England[citation needed].
There were passenger stations located at Windmill End, Darby End and Old Hill High Street. There was also a branch of the line in Netherton which led to Withymoor Goods Yard.
Passenger services along the line were withdrawn in 1964 due to the Beeching Axe, though the line remained to goods trains until January 1968. The track was removed in 1969 and by 1980 most signs of the line had been completely obliterated, though a few reminders - including the remains of a demolished overbridge in Old Hill - of the line are still in existence some 40 years after the line's closure.
