Darby End railway station

Darby End Halt
Station site in 2017
Location
Place Darby End
Area Dudley
Coordinates 52°29′12″N 2°04′03″W / 52.4866°N 2.0676°W / 52.4866; -2.0676Coordinates: 52°29′12″N 2°04′03″W / 52.4866°N 2.0676°W / 52.4866; -2.0676
Grid reference SO955876
Operations
Original company Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
History
21 August 1905 Opened[1]
15 June 1964 Closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Darby End Halt was a station on the former Great Western Railway's Bumble Hole Line between Blowers Green and Old Hill.

It opened in 1905 and closed in 1964,[2] as part of the Beeching Axe.

References

  1. 1 2 "Station Name: Darby End Halt". Disused Stations. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. "Darby End Halt". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Stourbridge to Wolverhampton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 38-40. ISBN 9781906008161. OCLC 261924375.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Windmill End   Great Western Railway
Later British Rail
Bumble Hole Line (1878-1964)
  Old Hill High Street


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