Brownhills railway station

This article is about the disused station on the South Staffordshire Line. For the other disused station in Brownhills operated by the Midland Railway, see Brownhills Watling Street railway station.

Brownhills railway station is a disused railway station that served the town of Brownhills and the village of Clayhanger in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands. It was on the South Staffordshire Line between Walsall and Lichfield.

Brownhills
A train passes through Brownhills in 1909
General information
Location	Brownhills and Clayhanger, Walsall England
Coordinates	52.6494°N 1.9346°W / 52.6494; -1.9346
Grid reference	SK045057
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	South Staffordshire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1849	Opened
1965	Closed

The station in 1962

Site of Brownhills station

History

It was opened in 1849. The station was built and served by the South Staffordshire Railway, which later became the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (through amalgamation of the London and North Western Railway).

Unlike Wednesbury and Great Bridge further up the line, this station was never assigned another name when a second station was opened by the Midland Railway.

It closed as part of the Beeching Axe in January 1965. Goods trains continued to pass through the site until March 1984, when the line was completely closed. It is preserved in case the railway line between Walsall and Lichfield reopens.

Station site today

The trackbed is now a leisure greenway from Walsall to Brownhills. Traces of the former station can still be seen and some track remains down north of Brownhills near Anglesey Sidings.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Hammerwich		South Staffordshire Railway Later LNWR, then LMS, finally BR South Staffs Line (1849-1965)		Pelsall