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was The station known as Wednesbury as part of nationalisation Wednesbury ' town ' in 1950 renamed until it was .
were and the diverted trains removed the additional services quickly reduced . once had been the Main West Coast Line re-reopened appear of the station reopening a , likely but While underway was the electrification of the Main West Coast Line a large increase in its traffic see the former GWR line did and
and ran on the line in March 1967 , Paddington to Birkenhead The last express train it was normally only after 1970 used by goods trains .
intact remains the platform more than 50 years later . their closure after shortly demolished The station buildings , were but
when in March 1993 closed of the line Walsall-Round Oak section the was by arsonists in 1995 destroyed it was . The signal box in use , still but
although was later and vandalized the fence the line between Wednesbury Great Bridge and for pedestrians dog walkers and route a is used often in order for to be the Midland Metro built across the line nearby fenced around the same time The level crossing was , off .
by a growing Biffa waste disposal plant built by 2010 partly over The station ruins fenced were off and .
has been The plant built during the 1990s in one of the station car parks , of several small enterprises buildings the the other side occupy while .
with the line reopening for for freight on the other trams on one track and between Walsall , Merry Hill the Shopping Centre Dudley station railway and Dudley Port station , railway become part of the local tram network the station , £ 1 , 100 000/15-year-long A regeneration project see will .
on and Brettell Lane part railway station on to at Stourbridge Junction mainline the The freighters continue would .
was , In March 2011 to Network Rail submitted the business plan for of between Stourbridge and Walsall line the reopening the .
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