 66227 passing Washwood Heath - rows of KSA wagons are shown in the yard.[note 1] | |
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Washwood Heath, Birmingham, England |
| Coordinates | 52°30′14″N 1°50′29″W / 52.5038°N 1.8415°W |
| OS grid | SP108895 |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Operator | DB Cargo UK |
| Type | Freight |
| Routes served |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1900 |
| Closed | 1982 (as a hump yard) 2008 as a flat-shunted yard/sidings |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland Scottish |
| BR region | London Midland |
Washwood Heath Yard was a marshalling yard, and later sidings, to the east of Birmingham, in the West Midlands, England. The site was first host to sidings in the late 1870s, which were upgraded to a hump marshalling yard by 1900 which survived until the early 1980s. Thereafter, the site was flat shunted, but moreover used as a layover yard, rather than used for the transfer or interchange of wagons between trains. It was run-down and closed in late 2008 due to the loss of most of the automotive traffic that it was latterly used for. The lines were removed by 2020.
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