Gailey railway station

Former railway station in England

52°41′30″N 2°07′42″W / 52.6917°N 2.1282°W / 52.6917; -2.1282Grid referenceSJ914104Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGrand Junction RailwayPre-groupingLondon and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1837Opened as Spread Eagle1881Renamed to Gailey1951Closed to passenger traffic

Gailey railway station was a railway station built by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837.[1]: 29  It served the small village of Gailey, Staffordshire, 7 miles north of Wolverhampton City Centre, and was located near to the junction of the A5 and A449 roads.

The original name of the station was Spread Eagle railway station, and was named after a nearby pub. It was renamed Gailey in 1881.

The station closed in 1951, although the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line loop from the West Coast Main Line still runs through the site of the station today.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Four Ashes   London and North Western Railway
former Grand Junction Railway
  Penkridge

References

  1. ^ Drake, James (1838). Drake’s Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway (1838). Moorland Reprints. ISBN 0903485257.
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