Pleck railway station

Pleck railway station was a station built on the London and North Western Railway in 1881, on the connecting line between the Grand Junction Railway and the South Staffordshire Line. It served the Pleck area of Walsall, and was located just off Bescot Road, between the Slaney Road and Slaters Lane junctions.

Pleck
Pleck railway station
General information
Location	Pleck, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall England
Coordinates	52.5715°N 2.0023°W / 52.5715; -2.0023
Grid reference	SO999970
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1881	Opened[1]
1 January 1917	Closed[1]
1 May 1924	Re-opened[1]
17 November 1958	Closed[1]

The station closed in 1917, only to reopen in 1924. It was closed permanently in 1958.^[1][2] The lines through the station are in use today as part of the Walsall-Wolverhampton Line for freight only.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Darlaston James Bridge		Walsall to Wolverhampton Line earlier Grand Junction Railway		Walsall

References

1. "Pleck Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 343. OCLC 931112387.