Brettell Lane railway station

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Coordinates: 52°28′25″N, 2°8′13″W

Brettell Lane railway station was a station on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line built to serve the communities between Brierley Hill and Stourbridge in England. It was opened in 1852 by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway. British Rail closed the station pre-Beeching in 1962. Two railways/routes served the station - originally the OW&WR and the South Staffordshire Railway, which later became the Great Western Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway (through amalgamation of the London and North Western Railway) respectively.

Kingswinford Junction north of the station allowed passenger trains to traverse the Wombourne Branch Line for a short period between 1925 and 1932.

Today, only freight trains pass through the site where the station was formerly sited. A signal box in the vicinity of the station was burnt down by arsonists in 2003, and was replaced by a ground frame.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Brockmoor Halt   Great Western Railway
"The Wombourne Branch" (1925-1932)		   Stourbridge Junction
Brierley Hill   Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Later Great Western Railway, then British Rail
Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton (1852-1962)		   Stourbridge Junction
Brierley Hill   South Staffordshire Railway
Later LNWR, then LMS, finally BR
South Staffs Line Dudley-Stourbridge Junction section (1852-1964)		   Stourbridge Junction

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