Priestfield railway station

Priestfield
The derelict remains of the station in 1978
General information
Location	Priestfield, Wolverhampton England
Coordinates	52°34′14″N 2°05′47″W / 52.5705°N 2.0964°W / 52.5705; -2.0964
Grid reference	SO935969
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
5 July 1854	Opened[1]
1962	Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway closed to passengers.
4 March 1972	Snow Hill - Low Level Line closed to passengers.

Priestfield railway station was a junction station built by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway in 1854. It was situated on the junction of the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line and the London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill. The station closed in 1972,^[2] although mainline services were withdrawn by 1967, and only single railcars operated to Snow Hill, the OWW Line closing in 1962. It was the first station south of Wolverhampton Low Level. After the withdrawal of passenger services, the line remained open to goods trains until December 1982.^[3]

Today, Priestfield refers to the Midland Metro stop a short distance away from the station's original position. The tram line opened on 31 May 1999, restoring the use of the line after more than 16 years in disuse and to serve the Snow Hill-Low Level Line while the Dudley-Wolverhampton Line has been since built on and redeveloped. However the location of the former railway junction can be detected by a distinct gap in the right-hand embankment as the Metro line turns under the adjacent road bridge.