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William Dalrymple (historian)

Great Bridge South
The station site today
General information
LocationGreat Bridge, Sandwell
England
Coordinates52°31′52″N 2°02′14″W / 52.5311°N 2.0371°W / 52.5311; -2.0371
Grid referenceSO975925
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1866Opened as Great Bridge[1]
1915Closed[1]
1920Reopened[1]
1950Renamed as Great Bridge South[1]
1964Closed[1]

Great Bridge South railway station was a stop on a link between the South Staffordshire and the Birmingham Snow Hill-Wolverhampton Low Level lines. It served the village of Great Bridge and town of Tipton, in Staffordshire, England.

History

The station was opened in 1866. As with many passenger stations, it closed during the years of the First World War but reopened in 1920.

Despite another station existing in Great Bridge from 1866, the station was not given the name of South until after nationalisation in 1950.

It remained operational until British Railways closed the station during the Beeching Axe in 1964.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Dudley Port   Great Western Railway
Birmingham-Wolverhampton-Dudley Branch (1852-1964)
  Swan Village

The site today

The station site is now a housing estate, while much of the railway alignment was reused for the Black Country Spine Road.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Great Bridge South Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.