Disused Railway Stations in Wolverhampton - Wolverhampton Low Level Railway Station, Wednesfield Heath Railway Station, Bushbury Railway Station (Paperback)

Chapters: Wolverhampton Low Level Railway Station, Wednesfield Heath Railway Station, Bushbury Railway Station, Portobello Railway Station, Dunstall Park Railway Station, Priestfield Railway Station, Monmore Green Railway Station, Ettingshall Road Railway Station, Wednesfield Railway Station, Heath Town Railway Station, Penn Halt Railway Station, Bilston Central Railway Station, Bradley Railway Station, Tettenhall Railway Station, Daisy Bank Railway Station, Compton Halt Railway Station, Bilston West Railway Station. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Wolverhampton Low Level railway station - It opened in 1854, although work on the station's construction was not completed until late 1855. The station was initially called Wolverhampton Joint and was renamed to Wolverhampton Low Level in April 1856, at the same time as the nearby London and North Western Railway station was renamed as Wolverhampton High Level The station was converted to standard gauge in 1869, and remained basically the same until 1922, when new booking office was built within the booking hall, and a new telegraph department was added to the stationmaster's office. The platforms were extended and the passenger footbridge was replaced. The overall roof had corroded badly and was replaced with standard GWR platform canopies. In July 1939, an Irish Republican Army bomb exploded at the station, wrecking the parcels office area. Closure of the station was made likely by the West Coast Mainline electrification scheme in the 1960s which included the Stour Valley Line and a new High Level station. From late 1963 to March 1967 the Low Level saw a considerable increase in traffic, but this was only while the electrification work was in progress, and many services were temporarily diverted ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=9696406