It runs for five and a half miles (about 8.85 km) from Castlecroft to Wall Heath.
In the aftermath of the D-Day landings in Normandy during The Second World War it was used to transport wounded allied soldiers to various hospitals in the area.
The line was finally closed in 1965 under the Beeching Report after decline in traffic throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, with the last train running on 24 June 1965.
[4] The South Staffordshire Railway Walk starts at Castlecroft and runs for five and a half miles [about 8.85 km] to Wall Heath passing through other villages such as Wombourne where the Railway Café is located en route.
[5][6] The walk also forms part of the Smestow Valley Leisure Ride (which begins at Aldersley Leisure Village then via the former Tettenhall railway station) to Castlecroft until Wombourne Station.