Short Heath railway station was a station built by the

Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway The Midland Railway branches around Walsall were built to give the Midland Railway independent access to Wolverhampton, and to a colliery district at Brownhills. The Midland Railway had a stake in the South Staffordshire Railway giving it access ...

in 1872, and was operated by the

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...

from 1876 onwards. It served the area of Short Heath, to the north east of

Willenhall Willenhall is a market town situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands, England, with a population taken at the 2011 census of 28,480. It is situated between Wolverhampton and Walsall, historically in the county of ...

, although it was located well to the south of Short Heath itself. The station closed in 1931 for passengers and for freight on 7 December 1964.

Station site today

The station site is now a small hill near Willenhall Fire Station with the trackbed to the north converted into a public footpath and the trackbed towards Willenhall was removed and is now a slope towards small industrial units.

References

* Disused railway stations in Walsall Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1872 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1931 Former Midland Railway stations {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub