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Handsworth and Smethwick railway station

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line. The only signs of the original building are the station toilets, whose doorways are blocked up, on Booth Street.
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The station's architecture was reminiscent of that of other stations and was almost exactly the same as
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The station closed in 1972, with the line and much of the site has been demolished.
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was opened on the site of the station, as part of the
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Handsworth
City of Birmingham
52°30′08″N 1°57′11″W / 52.5022°N 1.9530°W / 52.5022; -1.9530
Grid reference
SP033893
Great Western Railway
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway
Handsworth, Booth Street
Great Western Railway
London Paddington
Birkenhead
Birmingham Snow Hill
Wednesbury
West Bromwich
Handsworth Booth Street tram stop
Midland Metro
March 1967
March 1967
Historical railways
The Hawthorns
Great Western Railway
Birmingham–Wolverhampton (1854-1972)
Soho and Winson Green


"Handsworth & Smethwick Station"
ISBN
9781904474975
OCLC

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