Brownhills Watling Street railway station

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Brownhills Watling Street
The station in the early 1900s
Location
Location Brownhills
Area Walsall
Coordinates 52°39′12″N 1°56′37″W / 52.6534, -1.9436Coordinates: 52°39′12″N 1°56′37″W / 52.6534, -1.9436
Operations
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Platforms 2
History
1884 Opened as Brownhills
1924 Renamed to Brownhills Watling Street
1930 Closed to passenger traffic
1962 Line closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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Brownhills Watling Street railway station was a station on the Midland Railway in England. It was opened in 1884. It closed in March 1930 for passenger use, and the track was closed in 1962.

It opened as simply Brownhills railway station, which was also the name of the other station within the town, which was operated by the London and North Western Railway on the South Staffordshire Line. The station was renamed in 1924.

The branch line that the station was situated on was planned to access the colliery traffic in the Cannock area and to link to the Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway, and passenger traffic was a secondary consideration.

The line to the north of the station is now in use as part of the Chasewater Railway.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Walsall Wood   Midland Railway
Aldridge - Brownhills Branch
  Terminus

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