Pleck railway station
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Pleck railway station was a station built on the London and North Western Railway in 1881, on the connecting line between the
Grand Junction Railway The Grand Junction Railway (GJR) was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846 when it was amalgamated with other railways to form the London and North Western Railway. The line built by the company w ...
and the South Staffordshire Line. It served the
Pleck Pleck, in the borough of Walsall, neighbours Palfrey and stretches from the bridge on Wednesbury Road to Junction 9 of the M6 motorway. It consists of a large green space called Pleck Park and housing estates. Pleck is close to Walsall Manor H ...
area of
Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield. Walsall is th ...
, and was located just off Bescot Road, between the Slaney Road and Slaters Lane junctions. The station closed in 1917, only to reopen in 1924. It was closed permanently in 1958. The lines through the station are in use today as part of the Walsall-Wolverhampton Line for freight only.


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Disused railway stations in Walsall Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1881 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1958 Former London and North Western Railway stations 1881 establishments in England {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub