Looking along the former main lines, towards Wolverhampton, on 22 May 1983. The line had officially closed on 7 May 1983 when trains to the Wolverhampton Steel Terminal
started to use the Stour Valley line
Photo by Martin Beddall


Looking in the Birmingham direction on 22 May 1983 following closure of the line on the 7th. Both platforms are still intact although the sandstone edging stones have all been removed.
Photo by Martin Beddall


Looking towards Wolverhampton in the winter of 1984, the goods shed is long gone along with all the fixtures of the station. Services would resume before the century was out.
Photo by Nick Catford


A short section of track remained running through the station in the winter of 1984 although it looks in the process of being removed.
Photo by Nick Catford

By June 1991 the track, seen in the previous photo, had been removed and the easily accessible remains were in a dilapidated state. Construction of the new Black Country route, towards the end of the decade would transform this view.
Photo by Martin Potter

The view from Brook Street up Railway Drive on 5 November 2016 the sleeper fencing and the name being the only reminders of a main line railway passing nearby.
Photo by Terry Callaghan