Wednesbury Central railway station
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Wednesbury Central railway station was a major intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's
Birmingham Snow Hill-Wolverhampton Low Level Line
. It was opened as Wednesbury in 1854 and was one of two stations serving Wednesbury
in the West Midlands
. It was renamed to Wednesbury Central in 1950 following nationalisation. It closed with the closure of the line in 1972.
as Wednesbury Great Western Street tram stop
.
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...
Birmingham Snow Hill-Wolverhampton Low Level Line
Birmingham Snow Hill-Wolverhampton Low Level Line
The Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level Line was part of the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside route. As the name suggests, it ran between Birmingham Snow Hill and Wolverhampton Low Level in England...
. It was opened as Wednesbury in 1854 and was one of two stations serving Wednesbury
Wednesbury
Wednesbury is a market town in England's Black Country, part of the Sandwell metropolitan borough in West Midlands, near the source of the River Tame. Similarly to the word Wednesday, it is pronounced .-Pre-Medieval and Medieval times:...
in the West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
. It was renamed to Wednesbury Central in 1950 following nationalisation. It closed with the closure of the line in 1972.
Site Today
The site is now used by the Midland MetroMidland Metro
The Midland Metro is a light-rail or tram line in the West Midlands of England between the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton via West Bromwich and Wednesbury. It is owned and promoted by Centro, and operated by West Midlands Travel Limited, a subsidiary of the National Express Group , under...
as Wednesbury Great Western Street tram stop
Wednesbury Great Western Street tram stop
Wednesbury Great Western Street tram stop is a tram stop in Wednesbury in the Black Country, England. It was opened on 31 May 1999 and is situated on Midland Metro Line 1...
.