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Gornal Halt
The site of Gornal Halt, now under the newly built Himley View housing estate.
General information
LocationPensnett, Dudley
England
Coordinates52°30′33″N 2°08′32″W / 52.5092°N 2.1422°W / 52.5092; -2.1422
Grid referenceSO904901
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1925Opened[1]
1932Closed[1]

Gornal Halt was a small railway stop on the Wombourne Branch Line.[2] It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1925 and closed in 1932.[1] The halt served the nearby village of Gornal Wood. The railway passing through the site remained open until 1968.

The South Staffordshire Railway Walk ends around the Gornal Halt area and the site of Gornal Halt towards Pensnett Halt railway station has become "Himley View", which is a mix of a housing estate and industrial estates.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Himley   Great Western Railway
"The Wombourne Branch" (1925-1932)
  Pensnett Halt
  1. ^ a b c "Gornal Halt". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. ^ Williams, J. Ned (1969). By rail to Wombourn. Uralia Press. ISBN 9780950053301. OCLC 5172527.

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