Wood Green railway station
| Wood Green | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Wood Green, Wednesbury |
| Area | Metropolitan Borough of Walsall |
| Coordinates | 52°34′00″N 2°00′15″W / 52.5668°N 2.0041°WCoordinates: 52°34′00″N 2°00′15″W / 52.5668°N 2.0041°W |
| Grid reference | SO998965 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Grand Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1837 | Opened as Bescot Bridge |
| 1850 | Closed |
| 1881 | Re-opened as Wood Green |
| 1941 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Wood Green (Old Bescot) railway station was a railway station built on the Grand Junction Railway in 1837. It served the Wood Green area of Wednesbury, and was located near to where junction 9 of the M6 motorway has been located since the late 1960s.
It originally opened as Bescot Bridge, and was the Grand Junction Railway's main station for Walsall. As such, it was also known as Walsall station. Bescot Bridge station closed in 1850. The new Wood Green (Old Bescot) Station was opened on the same site in 1881. The station closed in 1941.
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