Windmill End
Station site, south-east of Windmill End canal junction.
General information
LocationDarby End, Dudley
England
Coordinates52°29′27″N 2°04′07″W / 52.49079°N 2.06873°W / 52.49079; -2.06873
Grid referenceSO954881
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 March 1878Opened[1]
15 June 1964Closed[1]

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

It opened in 1878, was destaffed in 1952 and closed in 1964.[1][2] Its name was immortalised in that year as the closing words of the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann. The railway, however, remained open for another four years.

The site of the railway and the station had been obliterated by the end of the 1970s. It has now been largely reclaimed by nature.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Station Name: Windmill End Halt". Disused Stations. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Windmill End Halt". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

Further reading


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


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