Brownhills Watling Street railway station

Brownhills Watling Street railway station was a station on the Midland Railway in England. It was opened in 1884, closed in March 1930 for passenger use and the track was closed in 1960.[1][2]

Brownhills Watling Street
The station in the early 1900s
Location
Place	Brownhills
Area	Walsall
Coordinates	52.6534°N 1.9436°W / 52.6534; -1.9436
Grid reference	SK039061
Operations
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 July 1884	Opened as Brownhills[1]
2 June 1924	Renamed as Brownhills Watling Street[1]
31 March 1930	Closed to passengers[1]
1960	Line closed[2]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

It opened as simply Brownhills railway station, which was also the name of the other station within the town, which was operated by the London and North Western Railway on the South Staffordshire Line. The station was renamed in 1924.[1]

The branch line that the station was situated on was planned to access the colliery traffic[3] in the Cannock area and to link to the Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway, and passenger traffic was a secondary consideration. The station was the terminus of passenger services on the line but freight traffic continued northwards to serve the collieries in the area.

The line to the north of the station is now in use as part of the Chasewater Railway.