Portobello railway station

Infobox UK disused station| name = Portobello| manager = London and North Western Railway| locale = Portobello, Willenhall| borough = Wolverhampton
latitude = 52.5855| longitude = -2.0758| platforms = 2
line = Grand Junction Railway| years1 = 1837| events1 = Opened| years3 = 1873| events3 = Closed to passenger traffic|

Portobello railway station was a station built on the Grand Junction Railway in 1837 [http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/portobello.php Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Portobello railway station] . It served the Portobello area of Willenhall, and was located near to the level crossing on Noose Lane

The station closed in 1873 due to being unprofitable [http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Portobello/history.htm The History of Portobello] . The lines through the station are in use today as part of the Walsall to Wolverhampton Line.

There have been recent proposals to examine reopening of the station [http://www.westmidlandsltp.gov.uk/file_view.php?id=786 West Midlands Local Transport Plan for the corridor] , along with Willenhall Bilston Street.

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