Brownhills railway station

Brownhills railway station is a disused railway station that served the town of Brownhills and the village of Clayhanger in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands. It was on the South Staffordshire Line between Walsall and Lichfield.

This article is about the disused station on the South Staffordshire Line. For the other disused station in Brownhills operated by the Midland Railway, see Brownhills Watling Street railway station.

Brownhills
A train passes through Brownhills in 1909
General information
LocationBrownhills and Clayhanger, Walsall
England
Coordinates52.6494°N 1.9346°W / 52.6494; -1.9346
Grid referenceSK045057
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySouth Staffordshire Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1849Opened[1]
1965Closed[1]
The station in 1962
Site of Brownhills station

History

It was opened in 1849.[1] The station was built and served by the South Staffordshire Railway, which later became the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (through amalgamation of the London and North Western Railway).

Unlike Wednesbury and Great Bridge further up the line, this station was never assigned another name when a second station was opened by the Midland Railway.

It closed as part of the Beeching Axe in January 1965. Goods trains continued to pass through the site until March 1984, when the line was completely closed. It is preserved in case the railway line between Walsall and Lichfield reopens.[2]

Station site today

The trackbed is now a leisure greenway from Walsall to Brownhills. Traces of the former station can still be seen and some track remains down north of Brownhills near Anglesey Sidings.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hammerwich   South Staffordshire Railway
Later LNWR, then LMS, finally BR
South Staffs Line (1849-1965)		   Pelsall

References
  1. "Brownhills Station (LNWR)". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. https://www.wmca.org.uk/media/1371/2016-06-01-mfg-summary-document_wmca.pdf


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