Wednesbury Central railway station

Former railway station in England

52°32′58″N 2°01′36″W / 52.5494°N 2.0267°W / 52.5494; -2.0267Grid referenceSO982946Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGreat Western RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates1854Opened as Wednesbury^[1]1950Renamed as Wednesbury Central^[1]1972Closed^[1]1999Re-opened as Wednesbury Great Western Street tram stop

Wednesbury Central railway station was a station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line. It was opened as Wednesbury in 1854^[1] and was one of two stations serving Wednesbury in the West Midlands. It was renamed to Wednesbury Central in 1950 following nationalisation.^[1] It closed along with the Birmingham to Wolverhampton section of the line in 1972.^[2]

Site Today

The site is now used by the Midland Metro as Wednesbury Great Western Street tram stop.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bradley and Moxley Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Birmingham-Wolverhampton (1854–1972)		Swan Village Line and station closed

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Wednesbury Central Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 445. OCLC 931112387.

Railway stations in the West Midlands county

Open stations

Birmingham	Acocks Green Adderley Park Aston Blake Street Bordesley Bournville Butlers Lane Chester Road Duddeston Erdington Five Ways Four Oaks Gravelly Hill Hall Green Hamstead Jewellery Quarter Kings Norton Lea Hall Longbridge Moor Street New Street Northfield Perry Barr Selly Oak Small Heath Snow Hill Spring Road Stechford Sutton Coldfield Tyseley University Witton Wylde Green Yardley Wood
Coventry	Canley Coventry Coventry Arena Tile Hill
Dudley	Coseley Lye Stourbridge Junction Stourbridge Town
Sandwell	Bescot Stadium Cradley Heath Dudley Port Langley Green Old Hill Rowley Regis Sandwell & Dudley Smethwick Galton Bridge Smethwick Rolfe Street Tame Bridge Parkway The Hawthorns Tipton
Solihull	Berkswell Birmingham International Dorridge Earlswood Hampton-in-Arden Marston Green Olton Shirley Solihull Whitlocks End Widney Manor
Walsall	Bloxwich Bloxwich North Walsall
Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton
Outside West Midlands county, but within the Transport for West Midlands area	Wythall

Disused

Birmingham	Bromford Bridge Camp Hill Castle Bromwich Central Goods Church Road Curzon Street Granville Street Hagley Road Handsworth & Smethwick Handsworth Wood Harborne Hazelwell Hockley Icknield Port Road Kings Heath Lawley Street Lifford Longbridge (1915–1964) Monument Lane Moseley Penns Rotton Park Road Rubery Saltley Soho & Winson Green Soho Road Somerset Road Sutton Park Sutton Coldfield Town Winson Green
Coventry	Coundon Road Daimler Halt Foleshill Longford & Exhall
Dudley	Baptist End Blowers Green Brettell Lane Brierley Hill Brockmoor Halt Bromley Halt Darby End Dudley Gornal Halt Halesowen Harts Hill Old Hill High Street Pensnett Halt Round Oak Windmill End
Sandwell	Albion Great Bridge North Great Bridge South Newton Road Oldbury Princes End & Coseley Rood End Smethwick West Soho Spon Lane Swan Village Tipton Five Ways Wednesbury Central Wednesbury Town West Bromwich
Walsall	Aldridge Bentley Brownhills Brownhills Watling Street Darlaston Darlaston James Bridge North Walsall Pelsall Pleck Rushall Short Heath Streetly Walsall Wood Willenhall Bilston Street Willenhall Stafford Street Wood Green
Wolverhampton	Bilston Central Bilston West Bradley and Moxley Bushbury Compton Halt Daisy Bank Dunstall Park Ettingshall Road Heath Town Monmore Green Portobello Priestfield Stafford Road Tettenhall Wednesfield Heath for Wolverhampton Wednesfield Wolverhampton Low Level Wolverhampton Temporary