Darlaston James Bridge railway station

Darlaston James Bridge
Site of former station
Location
Place	Darlaston
Area	Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
Coordinates	52°34′30″N 2°01′08″W / 52.5751°N 2.0188°W / 52.5751; -2.0188Coordinates: 52°34′30″N 2°01′08″W / 52.5751°N 2.0188°W / 52.5751; -2.0188
Grid reference	SO988974
Operations
Original company	Grand Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1837	Opened[1]
1965	Closed[1]
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Darlaston James Bridge railway station was a station built on the Grand Junction Railway in 1837,^[2] serving the James Bridge area in the east of the town centre of Darlaston, near the junction of Walsall Road and Bentley Mill Way.

Darlaston Loop Line

It was also known simply as Darlaston, which can be confused with the LNWR station located in the town centre on the Darlaston Loop off the South Staffordshire Line. It ran to the now disused Wednesbury Town railway station via the former Wood Green railway station. The station closed in the late 1800's to passengers and the line in the late 1960s to freight traffic and diverted services.

Closure

The station closed in 1965,^[1] and there is little evidence of the existence at the site. The lines through the station are in use today as part of the Walsall to Wolverhampton Line.

Reopening

Andy Street pledged in his mayoral campaign to reopen the station, however there is still no timeline. ^[3]

In September 2017, the West Midlands Combined Authority proposed that the station along with Willenhall Bilston Street would reopen by 2027 as part of a £4 billion transport plan. ^[4][5]

Willenhall was awarded backing for a reopening of a railway station on the Walsall-Wolverhampton Line in March 2018.. In August 2018, Darlaston was also awarded a new station near Cemetery Road which is near the old station site.

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