Wolverhampton Low Level railway station
Disused railway station in Wolverhampton, West Midlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the former GWR station. For the current station, see Wolverhampton station.
Wolverhampton Low Level was a railway station on Sun Street, in Springfield, Wolverhampton, England.
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Wolverhampton Low Level | |
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General information | |
Location | Wolverhampton England |
Coordinates | 52.5882°N 2.1187°W / 52.5882; -2.1187 |
Grid reference | SO920989 |
Platforms | 5 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1854 | Opened as Wolverhampton Joint |
1856 | Renamed to Wolverhampton Low Level |
1869 | Converted to standard gauge |
1922 | Station mostly rebuilt |
1972 | Closed to passenger traffic |
1981 | Closed to goods traffic |
2006 | Large parts of station demolished |
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It was built by the Great Western Railway (GWR), on their route from London Paddington to Birkenhead, via Birmingham Snow Hill. It was the most northerly broad-gauge station on the GWR network.