Aldridge railway station

Aldridge
Location
Place	Aldridge
Area	Walsall
Coordinates	52°36′07″N 1°55′16″W / 52.6020°N 1.9212°WCoordinates: 52°36′07″N 1°55′16″W / 52.6020°N 1.9212°W
Grid reference	SK053005
Operations
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 July 1879	Station Opened
18 January 1965	Station Closed
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Aldridge railway station was a station on the Midland Railway in England. It was opened in 1879 and closed in 1965, although the track through the station is still in use for freight.

The Association of Train Operating Companies included the station in a list of proposed station re-openings.^[1] As of January 2013, the closest railway station to Aldridge is Blake Street in the nearby Birmingham suburb of Four Oaks.

History

Opened by the Midland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The Site Today

Freight trains still pass the site on the Sutton Park Line, and reopening of the station has been proposed for passengers between Walsall and Sutton Coldfield.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Streetly Line and station closed		Midland Railway Sutton Park Line		Walsall Line closed, station open
		Midland Railway Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway		North Walsall Line and station closed
Terminus		Midland Railway Aldridge to Brownhills Branch		Walsall Wood Line and station closed

References

1. "BBC NEWS - England - Operators call for new rail lines". BBC News. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Aldridge railway station
• Aldridge Web
• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
• Station on navigable O.S. map