Newton Road railway station

Newton Road

from The Book of the Grand Junction Railway, Thomas Roscoe, 1839
Location
Place West Bromwich
Area Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell
Coordinates 52°32′23″N 1°57′49″W / 52.5396°N 1.9636°W / 52.5396; -1.9636Coordinates: 52°32′23″N 1°57′49″W / 52.5396°N 1.9636°W / 52.5396; -1.9636
Operations
Original company Grand Junction Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
1837 (1837) Opened
1863 Moved
1902 Return to original site
1945 Closure
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Newton Road railway station was a station of the London and North Western Railway in Sandwell between West Bromwich and Great Barr, England. It lay between Hamstead and the later Tame Bridge Parkway stations on the Chase Line.

As one of the original Grand Junction Railway stations, Newton Road opened in 1837 (at grid reference SP025935; 52°32′24″N 1°57′50″W / 52.5399°N 1.9639°W / 52.5399; -1.9639 (Newton Road railway station (1st))) but under subsequent LNWR control, it was deemed that a more suitable site should be found, and the station was shifted a short distance north-west along the track in 1863 to the junction of Ray Hall Lane with the railway (at grid reference SP022939; 52°32′38″N 1°58′04″W / 52.5439°N 1.9679°W / 52.5439; -1.9679 (Newton Road railway station (2nd)); a location now buried under the M5 motorway).

However, this move yielded few dividends in passenger numbers, so the station was shifted back near its original position on Newton Road in 1902, where it stayed until final closure in 1945.

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Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Hamstead   Grand Junction Railway
Later London and North Western Railway
  Bescot Stadium


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