Handsworth & Smethwick railway station (site) and Handsworth Booth Street tram stop, West Midlands
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Handsworth & Smethwick railway station (site) and Handsworth Booth Street tram stop, West Midlands
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 24 Jan 2018
Opened in 1854 by the Great Western Railway on its lines from Birmingham Snow Hill to both Wolverhampton and Stourbridge, this station closed in 1972. The formation of the Wolverhampton line was taken over by the Midland Metro who opened a tram stop named 'Handsworth Booth Street' on the same site in 1999. The Snow Hill to Stourbridge trains were reinstated in 1996 with the lines on the far left of the image, but no platforms were provided. View north west towards The Hawthorns, Wolverhampton and Stourbridge. See http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/handsworth/index.shtml for more information about the former railway station.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.502041
Longitude
-1.952668