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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Birmingham - Soho Road - Perry Barr - Birmingham

Winson Green Station

Winson Green railway station was a railway station in England, built by the London and North Western Railway on their Stour Valley Line and opened on 1st November 1876. It served the Winson Green area of Birmingham. The station originally consisted of two platforms, one either side of the double tracked line. The main booking office was located at road level facing on to Winson Green Road and bridged both the up and down running lines with steps down to the platforms. On the two platforms timber framed and clad waiting rooms were erected, the one on the up platform definitely accommodating a general and a ladies waiting room. In 1889 the relief line from New Street to Walsall was built which required Winson Green to accommodate an extra set of double tracked lines. This required the original up platform to become an island platform, the other side of the island platform being to accommodate the down platform to Walsall. The fourth and up platform for traffic from Walsall was built opposite this platform and was reached via a covered passenger footbridge from the original booking office. The Railway Clearing House's Handbook of Railway Stations records that the station served only passengers with a parcels facility. Like many inner city stations Winson Green station could not compete with Birmingham City's bus services and therefore closed on 26th August 1957. Both the Birmingham to Wolverhampton line and the relief loop line to Walsall still run through the site of the station today.

A general view of the outside of Winson Green station which was sited above the railway between the two sets of lines
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A general view of the outside of Winson Green station which was sited above the railway between the two sets of lines
Close up of Winson Green station's original LNWR stone station sign and the later BR version
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Close up of Winson Green station's original LNWR stone station sign and the later BR version
An 1888 Ordnance Survey Map showing Winson Green station's original layout with just two platforms
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J Turner
The station's LMS Hawkseye station name board painted in BR colours thought to be white on a maroon background
Looking beneath the roadside station structure towards Wolverhampton and the junction with the Soho line to Walsall
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J Turner
Looking beneath the roadside station structure towards Wolverhampton and the junction with the Soho line to Walsall
Close up showing the passenger waiting room erected in timber on Winson Green station's island platform
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J Turner
Close up showing the passenger waiting room erected in timber on Winson Green station's island platform

View of Winson Green station looking towards Wolverhampton seen on 11th September 1957, just five days prior to its closure
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Winson Green station looking towards Wolverhampton seen on on 11th September 1957 five days prior to its closure
Close up of the passenger waiting room erected in timber on Winson Green station's island platform
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D Johnson
Close up of the passenger waiting room erected in timber on Winson Green station's island platform
Looking to Wolverhampton with Winson Green station in the distance and the canal to the left on the 1st June 1962
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DJ Norton
Looking to Wolverhampton with Winson Green station in the distance and the canal to the left on the 1st June 1962
  Looking through the archway of Dudley Road bridge with Winson Green station seen in the distance on 1st June 1962
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DJ Norton
Looking through the archway of Dudley Road bridge with Winson Green station seen in the distance on 1st June 1962

Locomotives seen at or near Winson Green station

Ex-LMS 4-6-0 Jubilee class No 45647 'Sturdee' on an up Wolverhampton to Euston express service
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Ex-LMS 4-6-0 Jubilee class No 45647 'Sturdee' on an up Wolverhampton to Euston express service
Ex-LMS Class 5 4-6-0 No 45240 runs through Winson Green station towards New Street station with train W264
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J Turner
Ex-LMS Class 5 4-6-0 No 45240 runs through Winson Green station towards New Street station with train W264
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 5MT No 44863 runs through Winson Green station on an up express service 'C844' circa 1957
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J Turner
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 5MT No 44863 runs through Winson Green station on an up express service 'C844' circa 1957
Ex-LMS 5MT 4-6-0 No 45071 approaches Winson Green station with train W101 made up of Southern stock circa 1957
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J Turner
Ex-LMS 5MT 4-6-0 No 45071 approaches Winson Green station with train W101 made up of Southern stock
Ex-LMS 5XP 4-6-0 45741 'Leinster' approaches Winson Green station on a down express service
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Ex-LMS 5XP 4-6-0 45741 'Leinster' approaches Winson Green station on a down express service

Ex-LMS 4-6-0 No 45735 'Comet' at Winson Green on the 3:55pm Wolverhampton to Euston service on 11th September 1957
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Ex-LMS 4-6-0 No 45735 'Comet' at Winson Green on the 3:55pm Wolverhampton to Euston express service
Ex-LMS 5XP Jubilee class No 45647 'Sturdee' has just passed under Dudley Road bridge  9th July 1956
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DJ Norton
Ex-LMS 5XP Jubilee class No 45647 'Sturdee' has just passed under Dudley Road bridge 9th July 1956
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 No 45735 'Comet' at Winson Green on the 3:55pm Wolverhampton to Euston service on 11th September 1957
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TJ Edgington
Ex-LMS 4MT 2-6-4T No 42674 is seen at Winson Green on 6:44pm Walsall to New Street on 26th August 1957
British Railways built 2MT 2-6-0 No 46492 is seen at Winson Green on 5:26pm New Street to Lichfield, via Bescot, service
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DA Johnson
BR built 2MT 2-6-0 No 46492 is seen at Winson Green on 5:26pm New Street to Lichfield, via Bescot, service
Ex-LMS 2-6-0 'Crab' No 42785 is seen at Winson Green on 3:55pm New Street to Wolverhampton local passenger service
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Ex-LMS 2-6-0 'Crab' No 42785 at Winson Green on 3:55pm New Street to Wolverhampton local passenger service

A Park Royal DMU stands on the down platform and ex-LMS 2-6-4T No 42309 on the Perry Barr route's up platform
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RS Carpenter
A DMU stands on the down platform and ex-LMS 2-6-4T No 42309 on the Perry Barr route's up platform
Close up showing the two-car set of a Derby Lightweight DMU which was powered by engines made by British Unit Traction
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RS Carpenter
Close up of the two-car set of a Derby Lightweight DMU which was powered by engines made by British Unit Traction
Close up of ex-LMS 2-6-4T 'Fowler' tank locomotive No 42309 with a local passenger service to New Street station
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RS Carpenter
Close up of ex-LMS 2-6-4T 'Fowler' tank locomotive No 42309 with a local passenger service to New Street station

Ordnance Suvey Maps

An 1888 Ordnance Survey Map showing Winson Green station's original layout with just two platforms
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National Library of Scotland
An 1888 Ordnance Survey Map showing Winson Green station's original layout with just two platforms
An 1888 Ordnance Survey Map showing Winson Green station and the junction with the Soho line prior to any trackwork being laid
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National Library of Scotland
An 1888 OS Map showing Winson Green station and the junction with the Soho line prior to trackwork being laid
A 1902 OS Map showing Winson Green station now remodelled with four platforms to accommodate traffic from the Soho line
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National Library of Scotland
A 1902 OS Map showing Winson Green station now remodelled with two exta platforms for the Soho line
A 1902 OS Map showing Winson Green station, the junction with the Soho line and the carriage sidings
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National Library of Scotland
A 1902 OS Map showing Winson Green station, the junction with the Soho line and the carriage sidings
A 1913 OS Map showing Winson Green station little has changed since it had been remodelled with four platforms
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National Library of Scotland
A 1913 OS Map of the station showing little had changed since it had been remodelled with four platforms

A 1913 Ordnance Survey Map showing Winson Green station, the junction with the Soho line and the carriage sidings
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National Library of Scotland
A 1913 OS Map showing Winson Green station, the junction with the Soho line and the carriage sidings