Bilston Central railway station

Bilston Central railway station was a station on the London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line. It was built in 1854 and served the town of Bilston in the West Midlands. It closed in 1972,[2] with the end of passenger services on the Snow Hill and the line to Wolverhampton, although goods trains continued to pass through the site of the station until this section of the line was closed in January 1983. It saw a second incarnation when a Midland Metro stop of the same name was opened a few hundred yards away in May 1999.

Bilston Central
The station before closure in 1962
Location	Bilston, Wolverhampton England
Coordinates	52.5646°N 2.0729°W
Grid reference	SO951963
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
14 November 1854	Opened[1]
4 March 1972	Closed to passengers[1]
6 March 1972	Closed[1]

Gallery

The station after closure in 1978

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Priestfield Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Birmingham-Wolverhampton (1854–1972)		Bradley and Moxley Line and station closed

References

1. "Station Name: Bilston Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
2. "Bilston Central Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 30 March 2017.