Oldbury railway station

Oldbury
Location
Place	Oldbury
Area	Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell
Coordinates	52°30′07″N 2°01′01″W / 52.502°N 2.017°W / 52.502; -2.017Coordinates: 52°30′07″N 2°01′01″W / 52.502°N 2.017°W / 52.502; -2.017
Operations
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 May 1885	Opened
3 March 1915	Closed
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Oldbury was the terminal station on the Great Western Railway's, half mile (0.8 km) long, Oldbury branch running from Langley Green railway station.^[1][2]

History

Oldbury was the second railway station to be opened in the town of Oldbury, in the West Midlands, England. The first railway station was Oldbury and Bromford Lane. This station is still in use and was later re-named to Sandwell and Dudley.^[1] However, Oldbury station was nearer to the town centre.

Oldbury station closed on 3 March 1915.^[1] The branch line remained open to provide goods facilities to local factories; however, the northern extremity of the line was severed in the late 1960s, by the construction of the M5 Motorway.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063.  Page 38.
2. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.  Page 177.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Langley Green Station open, Line closed		Great Western Railway Later British Rail Oldbury Railway		Terminus