Smethwick West railway station

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Smethwick West
Location
Location Smethwick
Area Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell
Coordinates 52°30′04″N 1°58′52″W / 52.501, -1.981Coordinates: 52°30′04″N 1°58′52″W / 52.501, -1.981
Operations
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 April 1867 Opened as Smethwick Junction
17 September 1956 Renamed Smethwick West
1996 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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Smethwick West was a railway station on the Great Western Railway between Stourbridge Junction station and Smethwick Junction. It was opened as Smethwick Junction railway station in 1867.[1] It closed in 1996, being replaced by a new railway station, Smethwick Galton Bridge, which serves two railway lines.

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[edit] History

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Smethwick Junction railway station was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1867. It was located on the Great Western Railway line running between Smethwick Junction and Stourbridge Junction station.[1] In 1956 it was renamed Smethwick West by the British Transport Commission.[1] The junction connected the Great Western route to the Stour Valley Line, what is now part of the West Coast route. The Great Western route to Birmingham Snow Hill closed in 1972. A single line to Coopers Scrap Yard, on the Great Western line in Handsworth was kept in use. This was until the route to Snow Hill was restored in 1995.

[edit] Closure

Smethwick West has been essentially replaced by Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station when the Jewellery line opened to Birmingham Snow Hill. Smethwick West was due to close in 1995 upon the opening of Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station, but an administrative error meant that it was unable to be closed until 1996. For this one year period, Smethwick West was served by one train per week to determine the "not closed" criteria. Now (Jan 2008), the platforms for Smethwick West are still in situ, and trains continue to pass through the site. The station lies adjacent to Smethwick Junction.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Langley Green
Station and Line Open
   Great Western Railway
Later British Rail		   Handsworth and Smethwick
Station Closed, Line Open
Langley Green
Station and Line Open
   London and North Western Railway
Later British Rail		   via Galton Junction
Smethwick Rolfe Street

Station and Line Open

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

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