 It was one of the first of its kind in Britain.The Freightliner Terminal closed in 1989, and the line passing through Dudley closed to all traffic in 1993.Over the next 23 years, the railway and former station and freightliner terminal sites became increasingly overgrown with vegetation, although this was cleared in early 2017 to make way for the planned re-opening of the line to the Midland Metro and goods trains.