Rubery railway station

Former railway station in England

52°24′09″N 2°00′54″W / 52.4026°N 2.0151°W / 52.4026; -2.0151Grid referenceSO990782Platforms2HistoryOriginal companyMidland Railway and Great Western Railway jointPre-groupingMidland Railway and Great Western Railway jointPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway and Great Western Railway jointKey dates10 September 1883Opened[1]April 1919Closed for regular passenger trains[1]28 August 1960Closed completely[1]

Rubery railway station was a railway station in Rubery, Birmingham, England, on the Great Western Railway and Midland Railway's joint Halesowen Railway line from Old Hill to Longbridge. The station closed in 1919 for regular services but workmen's trains continued until 1958.[1] The station was the location of the only passing loop between Halesowen and Longbridge.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Station Name: Rubery". Disused Stations. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Rubery Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2009.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Stourbridge to Wolverhampton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 66-69. ISBN 9781906008161. OCLC 261924375.


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Hunnington
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