Penn Halt[2] was the smallest of all stops on the Wombourne Branch Line. It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1925 and closed in 1932.[1] The line was single track and the halt was a single platform. It suffered from poor patronage, as with all the stations on the branch. This may have been, in part, due to the somewhat strange positioning of the station by the GWR, several miles from the nearest settlement. All that remains is a lot of bushes and a sign stating where the halt once was.
Penn Halt | |
|---|---|
 Site of Penn Halt, nothing remains but the down ramp to the former halt | |
| General information | |
| Location | Penn, West Midlands, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire England |
| Coordinates | 52°33′49″N 2°12′13″W / 52.5635°N 2.2036°W |
| Grid reference | SO863962 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1925 | Opened[1] |
| 1932 | Closed[1] |
This is now part of the South Staffordshire Railway Walk which covers the trackbed from Tettenhall railway station to Gornal Halt railway station.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compton Halt | Great Western Railway "The Wombourne Branch" (1925-1932) |
Wombourn |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Penn Halt station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ Williams, J. Ned (1969). By rail to Wombourn. Uralia Press. ISBN 9780950053301. OCLC 5172527.
Further reading
edit- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. fig. 41. ISBN 9781906008444. OCLC 286385795.
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