Stourbridge Basin

Stourbridge Basin
Location
Place	Stourbridge
Area	Dudley
Grid reference	SO900848
Operations
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway, then British Rail
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway, then British Rail
Platforms	0
History
1879	Opened
1967	Axed
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Stourbridge Town Branch Line

Legend

Stourbridge Basin

Stourbridge Town

to Birmingham

Stourbridge Junction

to Worcester

Stourbridge Basin was a canal basin at the end of the Stourbridge Branch Line in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. It was built in the 1850s. The last 700 yards (640 m) of the line were used for goods traffic only, to the basin where goods could be interchanged with the terminus of the Stourbridge Canal.

Axed

The stretch of line between here and the town station was axed in 1967 (after surviving the Beeching Axe) and the bridges over Foster Street and Birmingham Street were demolished, severing the link. The interchange area, including the portion of the canal east of Stourbridge High Street (A491 road), was then redeveloped as an industrial estate.

A further stretch of line was closed, when Stourbridge Town station was moved back some yards. A bus station was built on the land thus recovered.

The rest of the line survives to this day at the urban railhead.

External links

Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Stourbridge Town railway station

Coordinates: 52°27′40″N 2°08′55″W / 52.46105°N 2.14861°W / 52.46105; -2.14861

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