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Blowers Green railway station was a station on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line. ==History== It was opened in 1878 by the Great Western Railway intending to serve the communities of Woodside and Netherton. Soon after opening it was renamed Dudley Southside & Netherton.〔http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/blowers_green/index.shtml.〕 It was opened immediately north of Netherton station which it replaced. Three 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 (through amalgamation of the London and North Western Railway) respectively. There were also services from Dudley to Old Hill along this route as part of GWR's service. The junction to Old Hill diverged between here and Harts Hill. The line had reasonable passenger usage until about the early 1880s, when it began to slump at several stations, leading to the line becoming a largely freight only operation in 1887. It would remain open for goods traffic, which was considerable at this time, as the district had become highly industrialised in the then heyday of the Black Country's industrial past. This station was known as Dudley Southside and Netherton until 1921, when it was renamed Blowers Green. As the local industry declined and road transport became more common, the station entered a post-World War 2 decline. British Railways closed the station to passengers in 1962 even though trains from Dudley to Old Hill passed through the station until 1964. It remained as an emergency escape point and access point for railway engineers until late 1965. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blowers Green railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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