Gailey railway station

Gailey

Location

Location

Gailey

Area

South Staffordshire

Coordinates

52°41′32″N 2°07′42″W / 52.6922, -2.1282Coordinates: 52°41′32″N 2°07′42″W / 52.6922, -2.1282

Operations

Original company

Grand Junction Railway

Pre-grouping

London and North Western Railway

Platforms

History

1837

Opened as Spread Eagle

1881

Renamed to Gailey

1951

Closed to passenger traffic

Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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Gailey railway station was a railway station built by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837. Gailey is a small village in Staffordshire, England. It is at the junction of the A5 and A449 roads and is on the boundary of the A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The Grand Junction Railway (GJR was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846 The London and North Western Railway (LNWR L&NWR was a Railway company of the United Kingdom which existed between 1846 and 1922 Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains The Grand Junction Railway (GJR was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846 It served the small village of Gailey, Staffordshire, 7 miles north of Wolverhampton City Centre, and was located near to the junction of the A5 and A449 roads. Gailey is a small village in Staffordshire, England. It is at the junction of the A5 and A449 roads and is on the boundary of the Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. The A449 is a major road in the United Kingdom. It runs north from junction 24 of the M4 motorway at Newport in South Wales to Stafford

The original name of the station was Spread Eagle railway station, and was named after a nearby pub. It was renamed Gailey in 1881.

The station closed in 1951, although the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line loop from the West Coast Main Line still runs through the site of the station today. The Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line is a loop off the West Coast Main Line (WCML between Rugby and Stafford via the West Midlands cities of The West Coast Main Line (WCML is a busy mixed-traffic railway route in the United Kingdom.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Four Ashes		London and North Western Railway former Grand Junction Railway		Penkridge

References

Four Ashes railway station was a Railway station built by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837 The London and North Western Railway (LNWR L&NWR was a Railway company of the United Kingdom which existed between 1846 and 1922 The Grand Junction Railway (GJR was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846 Penkridge railway station is a station serving the town of Penkridge in Staffordshire, England.