Work finally finishes on new railway stations

TERMINALS WILL OPEN TO PASSENGERS EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR

- GURDIP THANDI Local Democracy Reporter

WORK on long-awaited new railway stations in Birmingham and the Black Country has finally been completed.

Mayor Richard Parker officially handed over the three stations on the Camp Hill line at Kings Heath, Moseley and Pineapple Road as well as two in Walsall at Willenhall and Darlaston to West Midlands Railway.

Work will now be carried out to ensure the stations are ready for passenger services, which will start running early in the new year.

All five stations were scheduled to be completed and open in 2024 but were hit with delays and soaring costs.

Once open to the public, it will mean passenger services returning to the Camp Hill line for the first time since the early 1940s.

The reopening of Willenhall and Darlaston will end a 60-year wait for services to return after they ended in 1965.