Brownhills Watling Street railway station
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Brownhills Watling Street railway station was a station on the Midland Railway
in England
. It was opened in 1884. It closed in March 1930 for passenger use, and the track was closed in 1962.
The Association of Train Operating Companies
have applied for funding for the reopening of this station.
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.
The branch line that the station was situated on was planned to access the colliery traffic in the Cannock
area and to link to the Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway, and passenger traffic was a secondary consideration.
The line to the north of the station is now in use as part of the Chasewater Railway
.
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was opened in 1884. It closed in March 1930 for passenger use, and the track was closed in 1962.
The Association of Train Operating Companies
Association of Train Operating Companies
The Association of Train Operating Companies is a body which represents 24 train operating companies that provide passenger railway services on the privatised British railway system. It owns the National Rail brand. The Association is an unincorporated association owned by its members...
have applied for funding for the reopening of this station.
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
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
on the South Staffordshire Line
South Staffordshire Line
The South Staffordshire Line was a railway line that connected Lichfield in Staffordshire, England with Dudley, formerly in Worcestershire. However, it joined the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway's line just north of Dudley Station, where it, in essence, continued to Stourbridge, in...
. The station was renamed in 1924.
The branch line that the station was situated on was planned to access the colliery traffic in the Cannock
Cannock
Cannock is the most populous of three towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the central southern part of the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England....
area and to link to the Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway, and passenger traffic was a secondary consideration.
The line to the north of the station is now in use as part of the Chasewater Railway
Chasewater Railway
The Chasewater Railway is a former colliery railway running round the shores of Chasewater in Staffordshire, England. It is now operated as a heritage railway.The line is approximately two miles in length, contained entirely within Chasewater Country Park...
.