Bilston Central Station

[Mark Tooze]

Here are some photos of Bilston Central station, taken in the early-mid 1980's. This station was on the Snow Hill - Wolverhampton Low Level GWR line, and closed to passenger traffic in 1972. The line still had limited good traffic at the time the photos were taken, and is now part of the Midland Metro line.

The station buildings were removed many years earlier, so the platforms are empty:-

 

[Mark Tooze]

This is the southern approach to the station, showing a scrapyard still connected to the goods line:-




The weighbridge and weighbridge hut were still extant at this time:-

 

[Mark Tooze]

The northern approaches to the station were via a deep cutting - I believe this is where the Metro stop is now?

 

[Mark Tooze]

As usual on these deserted stations you could find bits of railway history if you dug through the undergrowth hard enough:-






And - close to the station -a throwback to the days when folk toured the Black Country looking for work:-

 

[Pedrocut]

Thanks for sharing !

 

[Astoness]

great photos again mark....noticed just how close those houses were to the track

lyn

 

[Heartland]

These are certainly of use to show the final years. The station buildings for Bilston Central were of similar design to Handsworth, West Bromwich and Wednesbury.

The scrapyard was a long lasting feature after the passenger services were removed finally in 1972 and the track taken up from Handsworth to Snow Hill. Freight remained in place from Wednesbury through to Bilston and the freight depot at Monmore Green, but declined after the closure of the Patent Shaft Steelworks.

 

[mw0njm.]

These are certainly of use to show the final years. The station buildings for Bilston Central were of similar design to Handsworth, West Bromwich and Wednesbury.

The scrapyard was a long lasting feature after the passenger services were removed finally in 1972 and the track taken up from Handsworth to Snow Hill. Freight remained in place from Wednesbury through to Bilston and the freight depot at Monmore Green, but declined after the closure of the Patent Shaft Steelworks.

thanks thats a name i have not heard for yonks.

 

[Mark Tooze]

Seen yesterday at the Museums Collection Centre open day - a gas lamp from Bilston Central (GWR) station:-