SWAN VILLAGE GALLERY 3
[Source: Terry Callaghan]
A general view of the decaying remains of the main line side of the station in the 1970s.
Photo by John Mann  A generally run down station clinging on with only a handful of services per day was certainly not the corporate image being projected on other parts of the railway network at this point. Photo by John Mann  The view towards Birmingham in the 1970s from the Swan Lane level crossing, the heavy rust on the railhead indicates the line may have been closed at this point. Photo by John Mann  Looking in the Wolverhampton direction on 5 November 2016, some comfort must be taken that there is some form of railway running through the site although heavy rail would certainly have been a better addition to the West Midlands network. Photo by Terry Callaghan
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On the Dudley platform Rosebay Wollow Herb is thriving around the modern looking shelter.
By the early 1970s the branch line trackbed was in a sorry state with weeds nearly reaching platform level. The GWR patterned platform edging tiles still look as good as the day they were laid 
The main building seen from the branch line footbridge in the 1970s certainly not the view the WR would have had when it modernised the station in the 1960s. 
Looking in the Wolverhampton direction through the spans of the Bilhay Lane overbridge in the 1970s.
The view towards Wolverhampton from the Birmingham platform in the 1970s. A Totem, on the lamppost, catches the afternoon sunlight.
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