Wood Green (Old Bescot) railway station was a

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that opened on the

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in 1837. It served the

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area of

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and

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. It closed in 1941. It was located near to where junction 9 of the

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has been located since the late 1960s.

First station

It opened as Bescot Bridge on 4 July 1837, and was the Grand Junction Railway's main station for

and

being located between the two towns. The station was also known as ''Walsall'' station and this is how it was initially called in Bradshaw's guides. There is some confusion as to the station name and on what dates it changed. Neele (1904) recalls that it was originally Bescot Bridge, became Walsall and reverted to the original Bescot Bridge in 1847 when the

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opened the line between and . The station was a ''second class'' station and therefore not all the trains stopped there, in 1837 there were two trains in each direction, by 1839 there were four trains in each direction that stopped. Bescot Bridge station closed on 1 August 1850 when it was effectively replaced by . The station was located approximately 9¼ miles from in a shallow cutting that was crossed by the

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road, the station was slightly north of the boundary between the two towns. It would appear that Walsall provided the most passengers as a ''light van'' ran between the station and the town.

Second station

Wood Green (Old Bescot) station was opened by the

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on the same site on 1 February 1881. The station had two platforms, one either side of the double running line, both platforms were access from the road overbridge, there were no goods facilities, the station only dealt with passengers and parcels. The station closed on 5 May 1941. The line remains open.

First station

Second station

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