Halesowen Railway

It connected the Great Western Railway's branch from Old Hill to Halesowen (opened 1878) with the Midland Railway’s Birmingham to Gloucester line at Longbridge Junction (formerly known as Halesowen Junction) near the present Longbridge station.

(On the same day, the GWR opened the 2-mile-65-chain (4.5 km) link between Old Hill and Netherton[2] on the line from Stourbridge Junction to Wolverhampton Low Level).

There were freight trains and workers' special services to the Austin Rover Works up to 1960.

A short section of the line remained at the southern end to serve the Longbridge motor plant although there was no traffic after 2005 and that section was lifted during the redevelopment of the Longbridge site after it closed.

[7] A significant structure on the line was the Dowery Dell Viaduct, between Halesowen and Rubery.