Tipton Five Ways railway station

Tipton Five Ways railway station was a station built by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, serving the town of Tipton in the western section near the border with Coseley for 88 years from 1853.[1]

Tipton Five Ways
Tipton Five Ways station site in 2017
Location
Place	Tipton
Area	Sandwell
Coordinates	52.5294°N 2.0791°W / 52.5294; -2.0791
Grid reference	SO947923
Operations
Original company	Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1853	Opened as Tipton[1]
1950	Renamed as Tipton Five Ways[1]
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 'Five Ways' tag was only added in 1950 – to avoid confusion with Tipton Owen Street. It was situated on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line. The station eventually closed in 1962, though the line remained open until 22 September 1968.[2] The station buildings were demolished soon after closure.

The station site was developed in 2001/02 with new housing, which made use of most of the track bed between Sedgley Road West and Birmingham New Road. The overbridges at both ends of this section of the railway were demolished at this time.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Princes End and Coseley		Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Later Great Western Railway, then British Rail Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton (1852–1962)		Dudley

References

1. "Tipton Five Ways Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
2. "The Great Western Railway". Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Stourbridge to Wolverhampton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 91–92. ISBN 9781906008161. OCLC 261924375.