Hunnington railway station

Hunnington railway station was a railway station in the village of Hunnington, near Halesowen, England, on the Great Western Railway & Midland Railway's Joint Halesowen Railway line from Old Hill to Longbridge. The station had only a single platform but had its own sidings, which served the now closed Blue Bird Toffee factory.[1] Advertised public passenger service withdrawn in 1919 but workmen's trains continued until 1958.[2]

Hunnington
Location
Place	Hunnington
Area	Bromsgrove
Operations
Original company	Halesowen Railway
Pre-grouping	Halesowen Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Halesowen Joint Railway
Platforms	1
History
1883	Opened
1919	regular passenger service withdrawn
1958	Closed completely
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

Unlike most of the other former stations and infrastructure of the Halesowen Railway, Hunnington station building still remains as a private residence.

References

1. "Coombs Holloway Halt Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
2. "Hunnington". Disused Stations.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Stourbridge to Wolverhampton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 59-60. ISBN 9781906008161. OCLC 261924375.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Halesowen Line and station closed		Great Western Railway and Midland Railway Halesowen Railway		Rubery Line and station closed