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Smethwick West railway station information


Smethwick West
The site of Smethwick West station in 2018, with overgrown platforms still in situ.
General information
LocationSmethwick, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell
England
Coordinates52°30′06″N 1°59′02″W / 52.5016°N 1.9839°W / 52.5016; -1.9839
Grid referenceSP011892
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 April 1867Opened as Smethwick Junction
17 September 1956Renamed Smethwick West
1996Closed
Location
Map

Smethwick West was a railway station on the Great Western Railway between Stourbridge Junction station and Smethwick Junction. It was opened as Smethwick Junction railway station in 1867.[1]

It closed in 1996, being replaced by a new railway station, Smethwick Galton Bridge, around 110 yards (100 metres) to the east, which serves two railway lines.

  1. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

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