Bumble Hole Line

Bumble Hole Line

The Bumble Hole Line was a short railway located in Central England. It opened in 1868 to give Dudley a direct railway link with Old Hill, over a distance of three miles.

Passenger services along the line were withdrawn in 1964 due to the Beeching Axe, though the line remained to goods trains until January 1968. The track was removed in 1969 and by 1980 most signs of the line had been completely obliterated, though a few reminders of the line - including the remains of a demolished overbridge in Old Hill - are still in existence some 40 years after the line's closure.

As with most lines of this nature, patronage was extremely poor and passengers would often find themselves alone on the single car railbus that operated the service in later years.

ee also

*Bumble Hole Branch Canal


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