Oldbury was the terminal station 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...

's, half mile (0.8 km) long, Oldbury branch running from Langley Green railway station

Langley Green railway station

Langley Green railway station serves the Langley Green area of Oldbury in Sandwell, in the West Midlands of England. It is located on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line...

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History

Oldbury was the second railway station to be opened in the town of Oldbury

Oldbury, West Midlands

Oldbury is a town in the West Midlands in England. It is a part of the Black Country and the administrative centre of the borough of Sandwell.-Local government:...

, in the West Midlands, England. The first railway station was Oldbury and Bromford Lane. This station is still in use and was later re-named to Sandwell and Dudley

Sandwell and Dudley railway station

Sandwell and Dudley railway station is on the Stour Valley Section of the West Coast Main Line, on the outskirts of Oldbury town centre on Bromford Lane , England....

. However, Oldbury station was nearer to the town centre.

Oldbury station closed on 3 March 1915. The branch line remained open to provide goods facilities to local factories; however, the northern extremity of the line was severed in the late 1960s, by the construction of the M5 Motorway

M5 motorway

The M5 is a motorway in England. It runs from a junction with the M6 at West Bromwich near Birmingham to Exeter in Devon. Heading south-west, the M5 runs east of West Bromwich and west of Birmingham through Sandwell Valley...

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