Washwood Heath Yard
Disused railway yard in England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Washwood Heath Yard was a marshalling yard, and later sidings, to the east of Birmingham, in the West Midlands, England. The site was first host to sidings in the late 1870s, which were upgraded to a hump marshalling yard by 1900 which survived until the early 1980s. Thereafter, the site was flat shunted, but moreover used as a layover yard, rather than used for the transfer or interchange of wagons between trains. It was run-down and closed in late 2008 due to the loss of most of the automotive traffic that it was latterly used for. The lines were removed by 2020.
Quick Facts Location, Coordinates ...
Location | |
---|---|
Location | Washwood Heath, Birmingham, England |
Coordinates | 52.5038°N 1.8415°W / 52.5038; -1.8415 |
OS grid | SP108895 |
Characteristics | |
Owner | Network Rail |
Operator | DB Cargo UK |
Type | Freight |
Routes served |
|
History | |
Opened | 1900 |
Closed | 1982 (as a hump yard) 2008 as a flat-shunted yard/sidings |
Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
Post-grouping | London Midland Scottish |
BR region | London Midland |
Close