Oldbury was the terminal station on the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

's, half mile (0.8 km) long, Oldbury branch running from

Langley Green railway station Langley Green railway station serves the Langley Green, Sandwell, Langley Green area of Oldbury, West Midlands, Oldbury in Sandwell, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is located on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidder ...

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History

Oldbury was the second railway station to be opened in the town of Oldbury, in the West Midlands, England. The first railway station was Oldbury and Bromford Lane. This station is still in use and was later renamed to Sandwell and Dudley. However, Oldbury station was nearer to the town centre. Oldbury station closed on 3 March 1915. The branch line remained open to provide goods facilities to local factories; however, the northern extremity of the line was severed in the late 1960s, by the construction of the

M5 Motorway The M5 is a motorway in England linking the Midlands with the South West England, South West. It runs from junction 8 of the M6 motorway, M6 at West Bromwich near Birmingham to Exeter in Devon. Heading south-west, the M5 runs east of West Brom ...

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Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1885 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1915 Disused railway stations in Sandwell Oldbury, West Midlands Former Great Western Railway stations {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub