Monmore Green railway station
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Monmore Green railway station was a
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
built by the London and North Western Railway on their
Stour Valley Line The Stour Valley Line is the present-day name given to the railway line between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, in England. It was authorised as the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway in 1836; the title was often shortened to the ...
in 1863. It served the Monmore Green area of
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, and was located near to the junction of Bilston Road and Landport Road. The station closed in 1916, although the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line loop from the
West Coast Main Line The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest ...
still runs through the site of the station today. As you pass along this stretch of track, the exact position of the station is coincident with a widening of the track-side paraphernalia, most defined on the eastern track edge.


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Disused railway stations in Wolverhampton Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1916 {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub