Swan Village railway station

Swan Village railway station was an intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line. It was opened in 1854.[1] It was the junction station where the Dudley Branch of the line diverged from the main line.

Swan Village
Location
Place	Swan Village
Area	Sandwell
Coordinates	52.5284°N 2.0101°W / 52.5284; -2.0101
Grid reference	SO994922
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	4
History
1854	Opened[1]
1972	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

Swan Village former station site, now part of the Midland Metro

The station was rebuilt between 1959 and 1961 to the designs of the British Rail Western Region architect Ray Moorcroft.[2]

The Dudley branch closed in 1964 as part of the Beeching Axe, but Swan Village remained open until 1972 and the closure of the main line.[1] A level crossing was situated at one end of the station, and Black Lake tram stop on the Midland Metro route is situated on the other side of this crossing.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Wednesbury Central		Great Western Railway Birmingham-Wolverhampton (1854–1972)		West Bromwich
Great Bridge South		Great Western Railway Birmingham-Wolverhampton Dudley Branch (1854–1964)

References

1. "Swan Village Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
2. Lawrence, David (2018). British Rail Architecture 1948-97. Crecy Publishing Ltd. p. 64. ISBN 9780860936855.