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Wednesfield Heath railway station

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on 1 January 1873. The station remained open for goods traffic until 1965 when it was demolished - leaving only part of the northbound platform extant. Part of the area is now a nature reserve, called Station Fields.
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The lines through the station are in use today as a bypass for Wolverhampton.
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Heath Town
Wolverhampton
52°35′43″N 2°06′30″W / 52.5952°N 2.1083°W / 52.5952; -2.1083
Grid reference
SO927997
Grand Junction Railway
London and North Western Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Grand Junction Railway
Wolverhampton
Heath Town
centrally located station
Stour Valley Line
London and North Western Railway
Bushbury
Grand Junction Railway
Portobello
Walsall to Wolverhampton Line
ISBN
0903485257
OCLC
931112387
ISBN
0-9522248-3-6
Wolverhampton Railway Gazette
Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Wednesfield Heath railway station
Evans Family page
Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society: Wednesfield Heath station
A History of Manufacturing in Wolverhampton
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