Coombes Holloway Halt railway station

Former railway station in England

52°27′37″N 2°02′58″W / 52.4602°N 2.0495°W / 52.4602; -2.0495Grid referenceSO967846Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryPre-groupingMidland Railway and Great Western Railway jointKey dates1905Opened1927Closed

Coombes Holloway Halt railway station was a railway station in Halesowen, England, on the Great Western Railway & Midland Railway's Joint Halesowen Railway line from Old Hill to Longbridge. The station was intermediate stopping point between Halesowen and Old Hill, and was only ¾ of a mile from Old Hill station. It had a short lived life as a station of only 22 years.[1] The station site is now covered by a small industrial unit, alongside which the disused embankment can be seen.[2]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Old Hill
Line closed, station open
  Great Western Railway and Midland Railway
Halesowen Railway
  Halesowen
Line and station closed

References

  1. ^ "Coombes Holloway Halt Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  2. ^ Moors, Terry: Lost Railways of Birmingham & The West Midlands, page 66. Countryside Books, 2008


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