Bumble Hole line

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Bumble Hole line
The Greaves Road Bridge at the edge of Netherton Park. The Withymoor Basin branch line passed under this bridge.
Overview
Status	Closed
Termini	Blowers Green Old Hill
Stations	4
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	British Rail
History
Opened	1 March 1878
Closed	January 1968 (completely)
Technical
Line length	3 miles (4.8 km)[1]
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

Bumble Hole Line
Legend
South Staffordshire Line Blowers Green Baptist End Withymoor Goods Yard Windmill End Darby End Old Hill High Street Old Hill (Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line ) Halesowen Railway

The Bumble Hole line was a short railway located in Central England. It opened in 1878 to give Dudley a direct railway link with Old Hill, over a distance of three miles. It was used as a connection between Dudley town and Snow Hill, and was dual track all of the way, to allow its inclusion into a mainline route. As with most lines of this nature, patronage was extremely poor and passengers would often find themselves alone on the single car Class 122 DMU that operated the service in later years.