GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Southam Road & Harbury Station

The station was opened on the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway's Banbury to Birmingham section on 1st October 1852. Prior to the opening of the line, the B&OJR was taken over by the Great Western Railway. One of nine intermediate stations built at the time of the opening of the line, the station was brick-built and had a goods shed and goods siding. British Railways closed the station to goods traffic on 11th November 1963, and to passengers on 2nd November 1964.

Ref: gwrsrh280 Lens of Sutton View of Southam and Harbury Station looking south towards Fenny Compton and London circa 1910

Ref: gwrsrh280a Lens of Sutton Close up showing the signalling arrangement at the London end of Southam and Harbury Station

Ref: gwrsrh280b Lens of Sutton Close up showing the up platform at Southam and Harbury together with passengers and facilities

Ref: gwrsrh290 Lens of Sutton View of the Southam and Harbury station shows the sweeping curve located just to the south

Ref: gwrsrh290a Lens of Sutton Close up of the layout of the track to the south of the station with the down refuge siding on the right

Ref: gwrsrh286 Lens of Sutton Looking south towards London from the Birmingham end of Southam Road and Harbury station

Ref: gwrsrh286a Lens of Sutton Close up of the station's up platform substantial brick-built waiting room structure in more detail

Ref: gwrsrh279 Real Photographs Looking north towards Leamington Spa and Birmingham with the goods yard on the left

Ref: gwrsrh279a Real Photographs Close up showing Southam Road and Harbury signal box and lineside huts in greater detail

Ref: gwrsrh284 Real Photographs The main entrance to Southam Road and Harbury station and goods yard located on the down platform

Ref: gwrsrh284a Real Photographs Close up showing the goods shed with access for road vehicles on the left and on the right for rail

Ref: gwrsrh284b RS Carpenter Close up showing the main station building located between the down platform and the goods access road

Ref: gwrsrh284c RS Carpenter Close up of the main station building with the station master's office protected by iron bars at the window

Ref: gwrsrh277a RS Carpenter Close up of Southam Road and Harbury station's up platform passenger waiting rooms

Ref: gwrsrh288b RS Carpenter Another view of Southam Road and Harbury station's up platform passenger waiting rooms

Ref: gwrsrh281a G Coltas Close up showing an up goods waiting in the refuge siding for the right of way after the train has passed

Ref: gwrsrh288a RS Carpenter Close up showing the same train seen in early photos still remains confined to the refuge siding

Ref: gwrsrh2491 PJ Garland Signal controlling access from the down refuge siding and the main down through the station

Locomotives and trains seen at or near Southam Road & Harbury station

Ref: gwrsrh283 G Coltas GWR 4-6-0 No 6007 King William III is seen entering the station on an up express to Paddington

Ref: gwrsrh277 RS Carpenter GWR 4-6-0 No 2924 'Saint Helena' is seen leaving the up refuge siding with a long empty mixed stock train

Ref: gwrsrh289 Real Photographs GWR Class 72xx 2-8-2T No 7247 is seen heading south with a F head code on a mixed freight in 1957

Ref: gwrsrh287 G Coltas GWR 4-4-0 Duke class No 3276 'St Agnes' and an unidentified 0-6-0PT return to Leamington

Ref: gwrsrh281 G Coltas GWR 2-6-0 Mogul No 5385 is passing through the station on an up short train of three six-wheel milk tank wagons

Ref: gwrsrh278 G Coltas GWR 4-6-0 No 5031 'Totness Castle' is seen passing the station on a down Paddington to Birkenhead express

Ref: gwrsrh276 G Coltas GWR outside framed 2-6-0 Aberdare class No 2608 is seen at the head of a long mineral goods train

Ref: gwrsrh282 G Coltas GWR 4-6-0 No 6005 'King George II' on an up Birkenhead to Paddington express

Ref: gwrsrh288 RS Carpenter GWR 2-6-2T No 5165 pulls into the station at the head of an up local Snow Hill to Oxford service

Ref: gwrsrh1600 Lens of Sutton GWR 4-6-0 40xx 'Castle' class No 5011 'Tintagel Castle' is seen heading north from Southam Road station

Ref: gwrsrh1601 Lens of Sutton GWR 2-8-0 30xx 'ROD' class No 3001 steams past Southam Road station with a Class H through freight train

Ref: gwrsrh1602 G Coltas GWR 2-8-0 28xx class No 2848 passes Southam Road and Harbury Signal Box with an Up ‘Class H’ freight train

Ref: gwrsrh2492 PJ Garland D1051 'Western Ambassador' is seen on a Paddington to Wolverhampton service on 19th April 1963