Round Oak Steel Terminal, Railway freight terminal in Brierley Hill, England.
Round Oak Steel Terminal is a freight rail facility in Brierley Hill that handles steel shipments across multiple weekly services. The operation uses the historic Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton railway line and modern locomotives to move cargo from major steelworks.
The facility opened in 1986 to replace the former goods yard after the local steelworks closed in 1982. This preserved a railway function that had served the area for many decades.
The terminal shows how freight rail remains woven into an area shaped by generations of steel making. Visitors can observe active industrial trains that still form part of the region's working landscape.
The site is accessible and operates with regular scheduled services throughout the week. Visitors should be aware this is an active work site with standard safety requirements for railway operations.
The terminal will eventually be integrated with new tram services that will share the same railway lines. This represents an unusual approach to combining freight operations with future urban transport.
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