Baptist End railway station

Baptist End
Station site in 2017
General information
Location	Netherton, Dudley England
Coordinates	52.4968°N 2.0826°W / 52.4968; -2.0826
Grid reference	SO944887
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
21 August 1905	Opened[1]
15 June 1964	Closed[1]

Baptist End railway station was a halt on the former Great Western Railway's Bumble Hole Line between Blowers Green and Old Hill.

The station opened in 1905 on the existing line which had opened in 1878. It was rebuilt and much improved in 1958 before closing in 1964,^[1][2] as part of the Beeching Axe. The railway which passed through the site had closed completely within four years of the station's closure, and the track was removed soon afterwards. Nature has since reclaimed the section of the railway which passed through the site of the station.

References

1. "Station Name: Baptist End Halt". Disused Stations. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
2. "Pensnett Halt". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Stourbridge to Wolverhampton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 29-31. ISBN 9781906008161. OCLC 261924375.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Blowers Green		Great Western Railway Later British Rail Bumble Hole Line (1878-1964)		Windmill End