Small Heath and Sparkbrook Station

GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Small Heath station was opened by the GWR in 1863 as 'Small Heath and Sparkbrook' and from early days took on a role of a goods station that also dealt with passenger traffic.

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Ref: gwrsh1335 RS Carpenter General view of the original 1863 station looking in the direction of Snow Hill showing the booking office erected on Golden Hillock Road over bridge

Ref: gwrsh1335a RS Carpenter Close up of the down platform, the booking office erected on the overbridge and on the left the down platform's brick built passenger facilities

Ref: gwrsh1335b RS Carpenter Close up of the up platform with two platform structures, one brick built waiting room and Gentlemen's toilet and another small structure to its left

Ref: gwrsh1367 P Riley View showing two GWR rail mounted cranes installing girders to a new bridge to the south of Small Heath Station in March 1907

Ref: gwrsh1336 C Gilbert View of Small Heath and Sparkbrook station after quadrupling along the up relief platform whilst a train from Moor Street is arriving in the distance

Ref: gwrsh1340 Anon View of Small Heath and Sparkbrook station showing the relief lines either side of the platform on the right and on the left the main down platform

Ref: gwrsh265 ND Mundy View of Small Heath station's booking office situated on the bridge of Golden Hillock Road with just one exterior door in use

Ref: gwrsh1325 AWV Mace View Small Heath's down sidings looking North of whilst a pair of unidentified ex-GWR 0-6-0PT 57xx class locomotives rest in between shunting the yard

Ref: gwrsh1326 RG Nelson Looking North towards Bordesley on 18th July 1963 with Small Heath North Signal Box in the centre with the down and up relief lines passing on either side

Ref: gwrsh1326a RG Nelson Close up showing the the throat to Small Heath & Sparkbrook station's up goods yard whilst on the right is the standard GWR water tank

Ref: gwrsh1326b RG Nelson Close up showing the the throat to Small Heath & Sparkbrook station's up goods yard whilst on the right is the standard GWR water tank

Ref: gwrsh752 NRM Looking towards Snow Hill with Small Heath station in the distance with the relief island platform on the left and the main island platform on the right

Ref: gwrsh753 NRM Looking in the direction of Birmingham with the main and relief lines to be seen on the left and a wartime 'Anderson' shelter in the garden

Ref: gwrsh1089 B Bill View of Small Heath North Signal Box with the down relief line in front of the signal box and the up relief line behind the signal box

Ref: gwrsh1090 RS Carpenter Ex-GWR 2-6-2T No 5105 is seen entering Small Heath's up relief platform on a Snow Hill to Leamington local passenger service

Ref: gwrsh1341 Anon Ex-GWR 2-6-0 43xx class No 5386 at the head of a freight service pauses awaiting the all clear to proceed to one of Small Heath's goods sidings

Ref: gwrsh1087 P Riley GWR 2-6-2T No 4167, a class 51xx 'Large Prairie' locomotive, is seen arriving at Small Heath's main down platform

Ref: gwrsh1091 M Mensing Ex-GWR 4-6-0 No 6856 'Stowe Grange' is seen passing through the up main platform at the head of an empty stock working from Tyseley

Ref: gwrsh1334 M Mensing Ex-GWR 4-6-0 King class No 6008 'King James II' is seen passing Small Heath and Sparkbrook station on the 2 10pm Paddington to Birkenhead service