Albion railway station (England)
Albion railway station was a railway station in England, built by the London and North Western Railway on their Stour Valley Line in 1852.[1] It served the town of Oldbury, and was located near to Union Road.
Albion | |
|---|---|
| Location | Oldbury, Sandwell England |
| Coordinates | 52.5169°N 2.0245°W |
| Grid reference | SO984910 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 July 1852 | Station opened |
| 1 February 1960 | Station closed |
History
Opened by the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway,[2] then absorbed into the London and North Western 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 Transport Commission.
The site today
The station closed in 1960,[1] although the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line loop from the West Coast Main Line still runs through the site of the station today.
There is little evidence of the location of the station on the ground today; Oldbury is now served by Sandwell and Dudley railway station.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley Port | London and North Western Railway Stour Valley Line |
Oldbury |
References
- "Albion Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- "West Bromwich: Communications". British History Online. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- 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 978-1-85260-508-7. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Station on navigable O.S. map