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Gailey railway station

Coordinates: 52°41′30″N 2°07′42″W / 52.6917°N 2.1282°W / 52.6917; -2.1282
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Gailey
Gailey station site in 2020
General information
LocationGailey, South Staffordshire
England
Coordinates52°41′30″N 2°07′42″W / 52.6917°N 2.1282°W / 52.6917; -2.1282
Grid referenceSJ914104
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGrand Junction Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1837Opened as Spread Eagle
1881Renamed to Gailey
1951Closed to passenger traffic

Gailey railway station was a railway station built by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837.[1]: 29  It served the small village of Gailey, Staffordshire, 7 miles north of Wolverhampton City Centre, and was located near to the junction of the A5 and A449 roads.

The original name of the station was Spread Eagle railway station, and was named after a nearby pub. It was renamed Gailey in 1881.

The station closed in 1951, although the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line loop from the West Coast Main Line still runs through the site of the station today.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Four Ashes   London and North Western Railway
former Grand Junction Railway
  Penkridge

References

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  1. ^ Drake, James (1838). Drake’s Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1838). Moorland Reprints. ISBN 0903485257.