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Aldridge railway station is a former station on the Midland Railway in England. It was opened in 1879, closed in 1965 and subsequently demolished, although the track through the station site is still in use for freight.




History


Opened by the Midland Railway in 1879, Aldridge railway station became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was closed by the British Railways Board in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts and subsequently demolished.
Freight trains still pass the site on the Sutton Park Line.




Reopening


In 2009, the Association of Train Operating Companies included the station in a list of proposed station re-openings.
In February 2021 it was announced that land had been purchased in Aldridge near the site of its former railway station as part of plans led by the then Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street and by Aldridge-Brownhills MP Wendy Morton to reopen at least part of the Sutton Park line. In June 2022 it was announced that Transport for West Midlands had received £150,000 from the government's Restoring Your Railway program which will fund a business case into reopening the station and electrifying the line. At this time, it was stated that the single platform station could open in 2027.




References






External links


Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Aldridge railway station
Aldridge Web
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.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
Station on navigable O.S. map

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