Tettenhall railway station

Tettenhall railway station was a station on the Wombourne Branch Line, serving the town of Tettenhall in the West Midlands of England. It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1925 and closed in 1932.[1] A significant number of station amenities were supplied but failed to improve patronage at the station, which ultimately led to its closure.

Tettenhall
Tettenhall station building, now part of the South Staffordshire Railway Walk.
LocationTettenhall, Wolverhampton
England
Coordinates52.5965°N 2.1621°W / 52.5965; -2.1621
Grid referenceSO891999
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1925Opened[1]
1932Closed to passengers[1]

The station site is a rarity in that, despite the removal of the line 33 years after the station closed, it is almost totally complete.

Since 2014, the building has been home to a tea room named 'Cupcake Lane' having previously been a park ranger station. The goods depot behind the station is now a small transport museum.

The station is also the start and the northern end of the South Staffordshire Railway Walk which carries on down towards Wombourne railway station and onto Gornal Halt railway station.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Dunstall Park   Great Western Railway
"The Wombourne Branch" (1925-1932)
  Compton Halt

References

  1. "Tettenhall Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 37-39. ISBN 9781906008444. OCLC 286385795.


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