Halesowen railway station
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Halesowen railway station was a railway station in Halesowen
, England
, on the Great Western Railway
& Midland Railway
's Joint Halesowen Railway
line from Old Hill to Longbridge.
The station opened in 1878, but it had a very short life in terms of passenger services. All of the station and lines passenger services ceased in 1927, all but a few factory worker trains that served the Austin Rover Works in Longbridge. The station had yard faculties and a small branch to a basin on the Dudley No. 2 Canal, freight services continued until the closure of the line in 1958. The last workers trains left in 1958 and this was the end of the station and line. For a most part the track bed is still in place but there is no sign of Halesowen’s railway station, the station site is an industrial site on the bottom of Mucklows Hill (which used to pass over the railway line on a bridge) next to Halesowen College.
Halesowen
Halesowen is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England.The population, as measured by the United Kingdom Census 2001, was 55,273...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, on the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
& Midland Railway
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
's Joint Halesowen Railway
Halesowen Railway
The Halesowen Railway line was a standard gauge railway line from Old Hill railway station to the site of the present Longbridge railway station...
line from Old Hill to Longbridge.
The station opened in 1878, but it had a very short life in terms of passenger services. All of the station and lines passenger services ceased in 1927, all but a few factory worker trains that served the Austin Rover Works in Longbridge. The station had yard faculties and a small branch to a basin on the Dudley No. 2 Canal, freight services continued until the closure of the line in 1958. The last workers trains left in 1958 and this was the end of the station and line. For a most part the track bed is still in place but there is no sign of Halesowen’s railway station, the station site is an industrial site on the bottom of Mucklows Hill (which used to pass over the railway line on a bridge) next to Halesowen College.