Albion
General information
Location	Oldbury,Sandwell England
Coordinates	52°31′01″N2°01′28″W / 52.5169°N 2.0245°W /52.5169; -2.0245
Grid reference	SO984910
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1852	Station opened
1 February 1960	Station closed
Location

Albion railway station was arailway station inEngland, built by theLondon and North Western Railway on theirStour Valley Line in 1852.^[1] It served the town ofOldbury, and was located near to Union Road.

Opened by theBirmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway,^[2] then absorbed into theLondon and North Western Railway, it became part of theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway during theGrouping of 1923. The line then passed on to theLondon Midland Region of British Railways onnationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by theBritish Transport Commission.

The station closed in 1960,^[1] although theRugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line loop from theWest Coast Main Line still runs through the site of the station today.

There is little evidence of the location of the station on the ground today; Oldbury is now served bySandwell and Dudley railway station.

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995).The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.).Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7.OCLC 60251199.OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989).Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0.OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000).Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers.ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1.OCLC 228266687.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

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