Gailey railway station

Gailey
Gailey station site in 2020
General information
Location	Gailey, South Staffordshire England
Coordinates	52°41′30″N 2°07′42″W / 52.6917°N 2.1282°W / 52.6917; -2.1282
Grid reference	SJ914104
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Grand Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1837	Opened as Spread Eagle
1881	Renamed to Gailey
1951	Closed to passenger traffic

Gailey railway station was a railway station built by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837.^[1]: 29 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.

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.

References

• Staffordshire Past Track: Gailey Railway Station image
• Railway Stations and Pub Names
• British History: Penkridge

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This page was last edited on 31 August 2022, at 19:53