Harts Hill railway station

Harts Hill railway station served the Woodside and Holly Hall areas of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England. It was on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line.

History

The station was opened in 1895 by the Great Western Railway, which was keen to invest in what was perceived to be the lucrative passenger area of the Black Country. It was intended to serve the communities between Brierley Hill and Dudley.
Two railways/routes served the station: originally the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway and the South Staffordshire Railway, which later became the Great Western Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway respectively.
It closed, like many passenger stations, in 1917 due to the First World War, but was consequently never reopened when passenger numbers failed to materialise.

The site today

There are no remaining signs of the station. The road from which it was accessed has long since been widened to create a dual carriageway.

Midland Metro

A £1.1 billion, 15 year-long regeneration project will see the station become part of the local tram network with the line reopening between Walsall,, and the Merry [Hill Shopping Centre] for trams on one track and for freight on the other. Freight trains would continue on past and onto the main line at Stourbridge Junction.