until 1972, the town was served by the great western railway between birmingham and wolverhampton at wednesbury central railway station. passenger trains were withdrawn at this time, with wednesbury-birmingham section of the line closing. the wednesbury-wolverhampton section survived for another decade, and between wednesbury and bilston, serving a scrapyard at bilston, remained open until 30 august 1992 and was re-opened within seven years as part of the midland metro.