Bilston West railway station

Bilston West railway station was a station built by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway in 1854.[2] It was situated on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line. The station eventually closed in 1962.[2]

Bilston West
A few weeks after closure
Location
Place	Bilston
Area	Wolverhampton
Coordinates	52.5641°N 2.0722°W / 52.5641; -2.0722
Grid reference	SO945959
Operations
Original company	Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 July 1854	Opened as Bilston[1]
19 July 1950	Renamed Bilston West[1]
30 July 1962	Closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

The station site has since disappeared under industrial and redevelopment as the Black Country Route and commercial have since been built on the former trackbed towards Priestfield although the trackbed can still be seen on an embankment before disappearing.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Priestfield		Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Later Great Western Railway, then British Railways Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton (1852-1962)		Daisy Bank

References

1. "Bilston West Station (site); Coseley St; Bilston". Black Country History. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
2. "Bilston West Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Stourbridge to Wolverhampton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 97-99. ISBN 9781906008161. OCLC 261924375.