Aldridge railway station is a former station on the Midland Railway in England. It was opened in 1879, closed in 1965 and subsequently demolished, although the track through the station site is still in use for freight.
Aldridge | |
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.jpg) Aldridge station, 1951 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Aldridge, Walsall England |
| Coordinates | 52°36′07″N 1°55′16″W / 52.6020°N 1.9212°W |
| Grid reference | SK053005 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 July 1879 | Station Opened |
| 18 January 1965 | Station Closed |
History
editOpened by the Midland Railway in 1879, Aldridge railway station 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 closed by the British Railways Board in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts[1] and subsequently demolished.
Freight trains still pass the site on the Sutton Park Line.
Reopening
editIn 2009, the Association of Train Operating Companies included the station in a list of proposed station re-openings.[2]
In February 2021 it was announced that land had been purchased in Aldridge near the site of its former railway station as part of plans led by the then Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street and by Aldridge-Brownhills MP Wendy Morton to reopen at least part of the Sutton Park line.[3] In June 2022 it was announced that Transport for West Midlands had received £150,000 from the government's Restoring Your Railway program which will fund a business case into reopening the station and electrifying the line. At this time, it was stated that the single platform station could open in 2027.[4]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streetly Line and station closed |
Midland Railway Sutton Park Line |
Walsall Line closed, station open | ||
| Midland Railway Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway |
North Walsall Line and station closed | |||
| Terminus | Midland Railway Aldridge to Brownhills Branch |
Walsall Wood Line and station closed |
References
edit- ^ Flash, Oprah (27 December 2019). "Huge step for new Aldridge railway station plans". birminghammail. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "BBC NEWS - England - Operators call for new rail lines". BBC News. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
- ^ Birmingham Mail, Huge boost for new Aldridge train station plans after £400k land investment, published 9 February 2021
- ^ "Plans approved for a new station at Aldridge in the West Midlands". RailAdvent. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
External links
edit- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Aldridge railway station
- Aldridge Web
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
- 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