Swan Village

Remains of Swan Village Gas Works.

Swan Village is a village, now part of West Bromwich, England.

It is now divided by the Black Country New Road and was the site of the Swan Village Gas Works.[1] Nearby was the junction of the Ridgacre Branch with the Wednesbury Old Canal, both now disused.

When the Great Bridge line closed in 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe with[2] Swan Village Station eventually facing closure in 1972.[3] A level crossing was situated at one end of the former station, and Black Lake tram stop on the Midland Metro route is situated on the other side of this crossing.

References

  1. ↑ Swan village Gas Works by Colin Betts
  2. ↑ www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk - Great Bridge South Station
  3. ↑ www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk - Swan Village Station

External links

Media related to Swan Village at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 52°31′37″N 2°00′58″W / 52.527°N 2.016°W