Albion railway station (England)

Albion
General information
LocationOldbury, Sandwell
England
Coordinates52°31′01″N 2°01′28″W / 52.5169°N 2.0245°W / 52.5169; -2.0245
Grid referenceSO984910
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1852Station opened
1 February 1960Station closed

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.

History

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Albion Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. ^ "West Bromwich: Communications". British History Online. Retrieved 31 March 2017.