IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Sidwick Crescent, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 2NZ

Now an open space next to the Midland Metro this was once a junction between GWRs Snow Hill and Stourbridge lines. The station closed in 1972. The new tram stop on the former Snow Hill line is around 400m closer to Wolverhampton.

The view in Ettingshall, Bilston.

The modern tram stop on the Midland Metro is about 400m nearer to Wolverhampton.

This was taken in March 1993 on the site of the old railway station in Priestfield near Bilston. The station was on the junction of the Great Western main line between Wolverhampton Low Level and Birmingham Snow Hill and the former West Midlands Railway to Dudley. The Great Western line curves off to the left, while the West Midlands line goes off into the centre background. The Midland Metro now occupies the former GWR trackbed, while the Dudley line has completely disappeared, other than a few tell tale signs noticed only by old railway spotters. See also Tim Marshall's photo at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1584465

Opened in 1854 by the Great Western Railway and its constituents, on the lines from Wolverhampton to Birmingham Snow Hill and Dudley, this station closed in 1972. View south east. This was a junction station with 2 platforms curving left towards Birmingham (which had become the Midland Metro when this image was taken) and two curving right towards Dudley (through a cutting that has now been infilled). See http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/p/priestfield/index.shtml for more details.

Overgrown and derelict remains of Priestfield Station, 1978. The former GWR tracks, still in situ at this time, curved away towards Bilston Central and Birmingham (Snow Hill) whilst those formerly serving the West Midland Line platforms (closed 1962) once led in the direction of Bilston West and, eventually, Stourbridge Junction. Note the ex GWR ATC ramp still in place on the Wolverhampton line at the bottom of the picture. The former GWR line had closed to passenger traffic in 1972 and was later reopened as the Midland Metro, Wolverhampton (St George's) to Birmingham (Snow Hill).

Overgrown and derelict remains of Priestfield Station, 1978. The former GWR tracks, still in situ at this time, curved away towards Bilston Central and Birmingham (Snow Hill) whilst those formerly serving the West Midland Line platforms (closed 1962) once led in the direction of Bilston West and, eventually, Stourbridge Junction. The former GWR line had closed to passenger traffic in 1972 and was later reopened as the Midland Metro, Wolverhampton (St George's) to Birmingham (Snow Hill).

Seen from Ward Street. Sidwick Crescent crosses the site of the western platforms of Priestfield railway station, which were on the former Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway line towards Dudley.

Occupying the site of the western platforms of Priestfield railway station, which were on the former Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway line towards Dudley.

The memorial Hall sits in a quiet garden on George Street, Priestfield.