Albion railway station, West Midlands
| Albion | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Oldbury |
| Area | Sandwell |
| Coordinates | 52°30′59″N 2°01′26″W / 52.5163°N 2.0238°WCoordinates: 52°30′59″N 2°01′26″W / 52.5163°N 2.0238°W |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 July 1852 | Station opened |
| 1 February 1960 | Station closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Albion railway station was a railway station in England, built by the London and North Western Railway on their Stour Valley Line in 1853. It served the town of Oldbury, and was located near to Union Road.
History
Opened by the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway, 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, 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
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Albion railway station
- British History Online: West Bromwich Communications
- 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