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Rushall (West Midlands) railway station

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Place
  
Rushall

1849
  
Opened

Platforms in use
  
2

Area
  
Walsall

1909
  
Closed

Pre-grouping
  
London and North Western Railway

Original company
  
South Staffordshire Railway

Similar
  
Hockley (Birmingham) railway st, Newton Road railway st, Brownhills Watling Street rail

Rushall railway station was a station on the South Staffordshire Line. It was opened in 1849. It was the first station to fall on the line, closing in 1909. The station was built and served by the South Staffordshire Railway, which later became London, Midland and Scottish Railway (through amalgamation of the London and North Western Railway).

The station was situated on a level crossing in Harden Road, roughly on the border of Walsall and Bloxwich townships. Trains continued to pass through the site more than 70 years after the station's closure, with the line remaining open to goods trains until December 1983. The track was lifted in 1985, with the trackbed being converted into a pedestrian walkway and the site of the station now being occupied by a road realignment. It is being preserved for the future re-opening of the railway line between Walsall and Lichfield as it is part of a 20 year transport scheme.

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Rushall (West Midlands) railway station Wikipedia


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