title: Handsworth and Smethwick railway station
text: # Handsworth and Smethwick railway station
  
  Handsworth & Smethwick was an intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line. It was opened in 1854.
  
  The station's architecture was reminiscent of that of other stations and was almost exactly the same as Wednesbury and West Bromwich stations.
  
  The station closed in 1972, with the line and much of the site has been demolished.
  
  ## Site today
  
  In 1999, Handsworth Booth Street tram stop was opened on the site of the station, as part of the Midland Metro line. The only signs of the original building are the station toilets, whose doorways are blocked up, on Booth Street.
  
  ## Image gallery
  
  * March 1967
  * March 1967
  
  | Preceding station | Historical railways | Historical railways | Historical railways | Following station |
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  | The Hawthorns Line and station open | | Great Western Railway Birmingham–Wolverhampton (1854-1972) | | Soho and Winson Green Line open, station closed |
  