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Rood End railway station

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Former railway station in England

Rood End
General information
LocationOldbury, Sandwell
England
Coordinates52°29′57″N 1°59′57″W / 52.4993°N 1.9993°W / 52.4993; -1.9993
Grid referenceSP001890
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 April 1867Opened
1 May 1885Closed

Rood End railway station was on the former Great Western route from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stourbridge Junction. The station opened in 1867 and closed some 18 years later. It was located about one mile north of the current Langley Green railway station. The line is still in use, although there is no sign of the former station.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Langley Green
Station and Line Open
  Great Western Railway   Smethwick West
Station Closed, Line Open

References

  1. ^ "Rood End Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 366. OCLC 931112387.
Railway stations in the West Midlands county
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Birmingham
Coventry
Dudley
Sandwell
Solihull
Walsall
Wolverhampton
Outside West Midlands county,
but within the Transport for West Midlands area
Disused
Birmingham
Coventry
Dudley
Sandwell
Walsall
Wolverhampton
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