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Round Oak railway station

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where it collided with another train (which was actually part of the same excursion, the train already having been safely divided once due to its extreme length!) 14 passengers were killed and 50 more injured.
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closed the station pre-Beeching in 1962 and plans for a freight use were abandoned at the same time. Goods trains continue to pass the site for a few hundred yards northwards, to
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In 1858 a coupling broke on an excursion train at the station and the rear portion rolled back down the gradient from Round Oak railway station towards
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A £1,100,000/15-year-long regeneration project will see the station become part of the local tram network with the line reopening between
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It was originally set to re-open as a through route in 2012, to run alongside the second phase of the
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for trams on one track and for freight on the other. The freighters would continue on past
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and on to the mainline at Stourbridge junction. The closed section of railway through
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South Staffs Line Dudley-Stourbridge Junction section (1852-1962)
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This article about a West Midlands building or structure is a
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was expected to re-open during the 2010s, as a combined
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Index

Brierley Hill
Dudley
52°29′19″N 2°07′14″W / 52.4886°N 2.1206°W / 52.4886; -2.1206
Grid reference
SO919878
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Great Western Railway
Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line
Brierley Hill
Brierley Hill
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
South Staffordshire Railway
Great Western Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London and North Western Railway
Round Oak rail accident
Brettell Lane
British Railways
Round Oak Steel Terminal
Walsall
Dudley Port railway station
Dudley railway station
Merry Hill Shopping Centre
Brettell Lane railway station
Dudley
Midland Metro
Midland Metro
Harts Hill

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