The south end of the VLRNIC building taken from the Castle Hill (A459) road bridge over the trackbed. The workshop shed is on the right and the start of the test track is in the foreground. All photos taken on October 27 unless stated.
DUDLEY was once a hive of railway activity in the West Midlands, with its ex-GWR lines to Stourbridge Junction, Old Hill, Wolverhampton Low Level and Birmingham Snow Hill, plus the ex-South Staffordshire Railway (LMS) line to Walsall and Lichfield. It was essentially two stations in one, with these two ‘Big Four’ companies (and their predecessors) each having an island platform with its own booking office at footbridge level.