Withymoor Goods Yard
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Withymoor Goods Yard was a railway goods terminal situated in Netherton
, West Midlands
, England
. It opened in 1879 at the termination of a branch line which connected it with the newly-opened Bumble Hole Line.
The goods yard closed in 1964, as a result of the Beeching Axe
, though the Bumble Hole Line remained open until 1968.
The site of the goods yard was developed for industrial use during the 1990s, some 30 years after the ceasure of railway activity.
A short length of the former line is now a footpath linking Netherton Park with Northfield Road. The Greaves Road bridge over the former line still stands at the edge of Netherton Park.
Netherton, West Midlands
Netherton is a town in the West Midlands within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. It lies around south of the town of Dudley and north of Cradley Heath...
, West Midlands
West Midlands conurbation
The West Midlands conurbation is the name given to the large conurbation that includes the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton and the large towns of Dudley, Walsall, West Bromwich, Solihull, Stourbridge, Halesowen in the English West Midlands....
, 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...
. It opened in 1879 at the termination of a branch line which connected it with the newly-opened Bumble Hole Line.
The goods yard closed in 1964, as a result of the Beeching Axe
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
, though the Bumble Hole Line remained open until 1968.
The site of the goods yard was developed for industrial use during the 1990s, some 30 years after the ceasure of railway activity.
A short length of the former line is now a footpath linking Netherton Park with Northfield Road. The Greaves Road bridge over the former line still stands at the edge of Netherton Park.