Round Oak railway station
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Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
England
Round Oak | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Brierley Hill Metropolitan Borough of Dudley England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°29′19″N 2°07′14″W / 52.4886°N 2.1206°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SO919878 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1852 | Opened[1] | ||||
| 1962 | Closed[1] | ||||
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Round Oak railway station served the town of Brierley Hill, in the West Midlands (historically Staffordshire), England. It was a stop on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line.
Accident
The station was opened in 1852. Two railways served it: originally the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway and the South Staffordshire Railway, which later became the Great Western Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway (through amalgamation of the London and North Western Railway) respectively.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harts Hill | Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Later Great Western Railway, then British Rail Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton (1852-1962) |
Brierley Hill | ||
| Harts Hill | South Staffordshire Railway Later LNWR, then LMS, finally BR South Staffs Line Dudley-Stourbridge Junction section (1852-1962) |
Brierley Hill | ||
In 1858, a coupling broke on an excursion train at the station and the rear portion rolled back down the gradient from Round Oak station towards Brettell Lane. It collided with another train, which was part of the same excursion; the train had already been safely divided once, due to its extreme length. 14 passengers were killed and 50 more were injured.
Closure
British Railways closed the station pre-Beeching in 1962 and plans for freight use were abandoned at the same time.
The site today
Goods trains continue to pass the site, for a few hundred yards northwards, to Round Oak Steel Terminal.
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