The canal branch to Stourbridge Town was built in the 18th century and ended in a basin west of Amblecote High Street (the A491 road) which mainly served the ironworks of John Bradley.

In the 1830s a short extension to the canal was built under the roadway to serve the ironworks of Foster and Orme east of High Street.

[1] Construction of the Stourbridge Branch Line by the Great Western Railway was authorised by an Act of Parliament on 30 June 1874.

The GWR branch line itself ended at a level crossing in High Street over which a short private siding continued to Bradley & Co's ironworks.

[3] In 1895 the GWR acquired the former Mersey Wheel and Axle Works located next to the canal, with the two-storey building being converted into a freight handling and storage facility.