Stourbridge Basin

Infobox UK station
name = Stourbridge Basin


manager = Great Western Railway, then British Rail
owner = Great Western Railway, then British Rail
locale = Stourbridge
borough = Dudley
platforms = 0
years = 1879
years2 = 1967
gridref = SO900848
events = Opened
events2 = Axed
replace = none

Stourbridge Basin was at the end of the Stourbridge Branch Line and was built in the 1850s. The last convert|700|yd|m|0 of the line were used for goods traffic only, to the basin where goods could be interchanged with the terminus of the Stourbridge Canal.

Axed

The stretch of line between here and the town station was axed in 1967 (after surviving the Beeching Axe) and the bridges over Foster Street and Birmingham Street were demolished, severing the link. The interchange area, including the portion of the canal east of Stourbridge High Street (A491 road), was then redeveloped as an industrial estate.

A further stretch of line was closed, when Stourbridge Town station was moved back some yards. A bus station was built here.

The rest of the line survives to this day.

External links

* [http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/stourbridge_town.php Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Stourbridge Town railway station]