This interesting railway ticket is for a journey from Dudley to Dudley Port and was issued on 24th August 1963.
Dudley was the first major station on the Oxford, Wolverhampton and Worcester Railway from the Wolverhampton end. The station was situated alongside Dudley Zoo.
The station opened on 20th December 1852. It became part of the West Midland Railway on 1st July 1860 and the GWR on 1st August 1863.
Dudley was also the terminus of a South Staffordshire Railway line that became part of the LNWR in 1867 and thence the station was in joint ownership. Later the LNWR part was taken over by the LMS.
Dudley station closed to passengers on 6th June 1964 but remained open for parcels and freight.
Later there was a freightliner terminal on the site.
The M.I.A.C. does not currently have any photographs of the station. The following three photographs show the site around 1989.
This is the site of Dudley station looking south. The station was demolished in 1967. Dudley (new) signal box that is in the centre of this photograph had opened in 1967.
This photograph is looking south towards the tunnel. The impressive building on the right hand side is the Station Hotel.
This photograph is looking north towards the Black Country Museum with the site of the Freightliner terminal on the left hand side. The Freightliner terminal had opened in 1967 and was closed in September 1986.
All three photographs above were taken by Colin Robey around 1989.
This section of the line is now mothballed as can be seen in the following two photographs.
These two photographs were taken by Andy Doherty in 2003.
You can find more about Dudley on Andy's site at www.railaroundbirmingham.org.uk
This is another ticket from 13th June 1963.