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Line 1: {\| {{Short description\|Railway line ~~header~~in the UK}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2022}} ~~{{BS-header\|Sutton Park Line}}~~ [[File:Sutton Park line.png\|thumb\|321px\|Route map ([[:commons:File:Sutton Park line.png\|Click to enlarge]])]] ~~{{BS-table}}~~ {{routemap {{BS3\|\|CONTg\|\|\|\|[[Chase Line]] to {{stnlnk\|Rugeley Trent Valley}}}}▼ \|title =Sutton Park line {{BS5\|exCONTr\|exABZq+r\|eKRZu\|exSTRlg\|\|\|\|[[Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway]] to {{stnlnk\|Wolverhampton}}}}▼ \|map = {{BS5\|\|xABZrg\|xABZqr+r\|exKRZo\|exCONTl\|\|\|[[South Staffordshire Line]] to {{stnlnk\|Lichfield City}}}}▼ ▲~~{{BS3\|\|~~\CONTg~~\|\|\|\|~~\~~ ~~ ~~[[Chase ~~Line~~line]] to {{stnlnk\|Rugeley Trent Valley}}}} {{BS3\|BHF\|eABZrg\|exSTRrf\|\|{{stnlnk\|Walsall}}}}▼ ▲~~{{BS5\|exCONTr\|~~exdCONTgq\exABZq+r\|\eKRZu~~\|exSTRlg\|\|\|\|~~\exSTR+r\d~~ ~~ ~~[[Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway]] to {{stnlnk\|Wolverhampton}}}} {{BS3\|CONTf\|STR\|\|\|\|To [[Birmingham New Street station\|Birmingham New Street]]}}▼ ▲~~{{BS5\|\|xABZrg\|~~d\xABZg+l\xABZqr+r\|\exKRZo~~\|exCONTl\|\|\|~~\exdCONTfq~~ ~~ ~~[[South Staffordshire ~~Line~~line]] to {{stnlnk\|Lichfield City}}}} {{BS3\|\|STR\|exCONTg\|\|\|[[Chasewater Railway]]}}▼ ▲~~{{BS3\|~~BHF~~\|eABZrg\|exSTRrf\|\|~~\eKRWg+l\exKRWr~~{{stnlnk\|Walsall}}}} ~~{{BS3\|\|STR\|exHST\|\|{{stnlnk\|Brownhills Watling Street}}}}~~ ▲~~{{BS3\|~~CONTf\|\STR~~\|\|\|\|~~\~~ ~~ ~~To [[Birmingham New Street railway station\|Birmingham New Street]]}} ~~{{BS3\|\|STR\|exHST\|\|{{stnlnk\|Walsall Wood}}}}~~ ▲~~{{BS3\|\|~~\STR\|\exCONTg~~\|\|\|~~~~ ~~ ~~[[Chasewater Railway]]}} ~~{{BS3\|\|eABZrg\|exSTRrf\|\|\|Brownhills Branch}}~~ ~~{{BS3\|\|eHST\|\|\|~~\STR\exHST~~{{stnlnk\|~~Aldridge}}~~Brownhills Watling Street}} ~~{{BS3\|\|eHST\|\|\|~~\STR\exHST~~{{stnlnk\|~~Streetly}}~~Walsall Wood}} \eKRWg+l\exKRWr~~ ~~ ~~Brownhills Branch {{BS3\|\|eHST\|\|\|{{stnlnk\|Sutton Park}}}}▼ \eHST\~~{{stnlnk\|Aldridge}} ~~{{BS3\|CONTr\|KRZo\|CONTl\|\|\|[[Cross-City Line]]}}~~ ~~{{BS3\|\|~~\eHST~~\|\|\|~~\~~{{stnlnk\|~~Sutton Town}}~~Streetly}} ~~{{BS3\|\|~~\eHST~~\|\|\|~~\~~{{stnlnk\|~~Penns}}~~Sutton Park}} dCONTgq\HSTq\KRZo\CONTfq\d~~ ~~{{stnlnk\|Sutton Coldfield}}~~([[Cross-City Line]]) {{BS5\|\|CONTr\|ABZqlr\|HSTq\|CONTl\|\|\|{{stnlnk\|Water Orton}}}}▼ ▲~~{{BS3\|\|~~\eHST~~\|\|\|~~\~~{{stnlnk\|Sutton ~~Park}}~~Coldfield Town}} {{BS5\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|[[Birmingham to Peterborough Line]]}}▼ \eHST\~~{{stnlnk\|Penns}} \|}▼ ▲~~{{BS5\|\|CONTr\|~~d\CONTgq\ABZqlr\|\HSTq~~\|CONTl\|\|\|~~\dCONTfq~~ ~~ ~~{{stnlnk\|Water Orton}}}} \|} ▲~~{{BS5\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|~~\\~~ ~~ ~~[[Birmingham to Peterborough Line]]}} The '''Sutton Park Line''' is a freight-only railway line running from [[Walsall]] to [[Castle Bromwich]] and [[Water Orton]] in the [[West Midlands (region)\|West Midlands]], [[England]]. It is an important and strategic route, as it enables most freight trains to avoid congestion at [[Birmingham New Street station]]. It gets its name as it runs through [[Sutton Park]] at [[Sutton Coldfield]], [[Birmingham]].▼ ▲\|}} ▲The '''Sutton Park ~~Line~~line''' is a freight-only railway line running from [[Walsall]] to [[Castle Bromwich]] and [[Water Orton]] in the [[West Midlands (region)\|West Midlands]], [[England]]. It is an important and strategic route, as it enables most freight trains to avoid congestion at [[Birmingham New Street railway station\|Birmingham New Street station]]. It gets its name as it runs through [[Sutton Park, West Midlands\|Sutton Park]] at [[Sutton Coldfield]], [[~~Birmingham~~West Midlands (county)\|West Midlands]]. Opened in 1879 as one of the [[Midland Railway branches around Walsall]], the line carried passenger services until 1965. ==Construction and opening== Line 30 ⟶ 32: The line was opened on 1 July 1879, and was served by trains between [[Wolverhampton railway station\|Wolverhampton High Level]] and [[Birmingham New Street railway station\|Birmingham New Street]] via [[Walsall railway station\|Walsall]], although some services avoided Walsall via the direct link to the [[Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway]]. ==Brownhills ~~Branch~~branch== The Brownhills ~~Branch~~branch was authorised in two stages. Stage One was from Aldridge to Walsall Wood in 1876, and from Walsall Wood to Norton Canes in 1880. It was opened for goods traffic between Aldridge and Brownhills Watling Street in April 1882, and the entire route followed in November 1882. Passenger services on the line began in 1884, although services terminated at Brownhills. Line 44 ⟶ 46: ==Re-opening== [[File:Sutton Town railway station.jpg\|thumb\|The currently disused Sutton Town railway station, which was opened in 1879 and closed in 1924, on Midland Drive. The station has been converted into offices.]] In February 2008 it was announced that [[Birmingham City Council]], [[Network Rail]] and [[West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive\|Centro]] were launching a feasibility study to assess the possibility of re-opening the line to passenger services~~; results are expected in November 2008~~.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://icsuttoncoldfield.icnetwork.co.uk/news/localnews/tm_headline=old-railway-lines-could-be-re-opened-to-improve-links&method=full&objectid=20541884&siteid=52630-name_page.html\|title=Old railway lines could be re-opened to improve links\|date=2008-03-29\|access-date=2008-06-30\|publisher=Sutton Coldfield News}}</ref> In January 2015 the line was put on hold for reopening to passenger trains. ~~\|title=Old railway lines could be re-opened to improve links\|date=2008-03-29\|accessdate=2008-06-30\|publisher=Sutton Coldfield News}}</ref>~~ In March 2020, a bid was made to the Restoring Your Railway fund to get funds for a feasibility study into reinstating the line. This bid was unsuccessful.<ref>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938903/restoring-your-railway-all-bids.csv/preview Restoring Your Railway Fund: bids received] gov.uk</ref> In February 2021 it was announced that land had been purchased in [[Aldridge]] near the site of its former railway station as part of plans led by [[Mayor of the West Midlands]] [[Andy Street]] and [[Aldridge-Brownhills (UK Parliament constituency)\|Aldridge-Brownhills]] MP [[Wendy Morton]] to reopen at least part of the line.<ref>[https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/huge-boost-new-aldridge-train-19799280 Birmingham Mail, Huge boost for new Aldridge train station plans after £400k land investment, published 9 February 2021]</ref> Under plans submitted to the DfT, new open access operator [[Wrexham, Shropshire and Midlands Railway]] (WMSR) would use the line to access {{rws\|Coleshill Parkway}} on their service between Wrexham and London. This service would replace the Avanti service withdrawn in June 2024.<ref name="BBCAnnounce">{{Cite web \|date=2024-03-14 \|title=New direct train service planned between Shropshire and London \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04l159nzm7o \|access-date=2024-03-14 \|website=[[BBC News]]\|language=en-GB}}</ref> ==References== Line 61 ⟶ 68: [[Category:Railway lines opened in 1879]] [[Category:Railway lines in the West Midlands (region)]] [[Category:1879 establishments in England]]