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unusual facts about Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level Line


Swan Village Gas Works

The only remains of the Swan Lane Basin and Great Bridge railway lines are the extra gaps under the bridge on Bilhay Lane where the lines converged with GWR's Birmingham to Wolverhampton line, which still exists today as Line 1 of the Midland Metro.


Stourbridge Railway

The OWWR had come under the control of the GWR by this time, and so the GWR constructed a link from Smethwick to Handsworth, which was opened at the same time, to connect it to the GWR's Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level Line.


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