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Round Oak Steel Terminal is a railway freight terminal dealing insteel from theRound Oak Steel Works until 1982 and from other sources thereafter, inBrierley Hill,West Midlands,England managed byTata Steel Europe.
The project was given a government grant in 1984, and the terminal opened on 21 August 1986, replacing the nearby Brierley Hill goods yard, and is situated on the formerOxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line north ofStourbridge Junction.[1][2] The line north of Stourbridge and south ofBlowers Green railway station was closed pre-Beeching in 1962 except for freight traffic, and trains run to Round Oak Steel Terminal and the nearbyMoor Lane Goods Yard.
The terminal consists of sidings adjacent to factories. Just after the terminal, the railway line ceases to be in use at the Highgate Road overbridge, Harts Hill. The line beyond here was closed in 1993 and most of the track between there and the Blowers Green overbridge (approximately one mile away) has been removed, though the line is set to re-open during the 2020s as a shared line between freight trains andWest Midlands Metro trams (the latter running as far asWednesbury).
Trains arrive at the terminal fromLlanwern steelworks andMargam. They are generally hauled byClass 60s, although the general replacement of this locomotive withClass 66 locomotives has meant the latter now appears just as often.
There are seven services operating from the Terminal on all weekdays except Friday, where just four operate.
There are no booked trains on a Saturday, but three trains operate on a Sunday.
Additionally, a trial scrap train ran from the Terminal toCardiff Tidal on 14 and 15 February 2007. This now runs when required, on Fridays fromMoor Street Goods Yard.
A regeneration project will see the formerRound Oak station become part of the local tram network with the line reopening betweenWalsall,Dudley Port,Dudley and theMerry Hill Shopping Centre for trams on one track and for freight on the other. The freight trains would continue on pastBrettel Lane station and on to the main line atStourbridge Junction.[3] The closed section of railway throughDudley is expected to re-open,[4] as a combinedWest Midlands Metro tramway and a heavy rail line for goods trains.
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