Blowers Green railway station

Blowers Green railway station was a station on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line. It was opened in 1878 by the Great Western Railway intending to serve the communities of Woodside and Netherton. British Rail closed the original line to passengers pre-Beeching in 1962, but Blowers Green remained open for trains from Dudley to Old Hill until the axe fell upon this line too in 1964. Three railways/routes served the station - originally the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway and the South Staffordshire Railway, which later became the Great Western Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway (through amalgamation of the London and North Western Railway) respectively. There were also services from Dudley to Old Hill along this route as part of GWR's service. The junction to Old Hill diverged between here and Harts Hill.

This station was known as Dudley Southside and Netherton until 1921.

Almost half a century after its closure, the station building is still standing. The railway below is currently disused, having being closed in 1993. It is set to re-open by 2012 as the second phase of the Midland Metro.

References

* [http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/blowers_green.php Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Blowers Green railway station]

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