Hagley Road Station

LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Harborne

Opening on 10th August 1874 Hagley Road station was the only intermediate station to posses a goods yard and coal wharf. A simple affair with short single siding, they were located at the Birmingham end of the station and on the same side of the track. Access was via Station Avenue which was located behind the station. It is believed that the siding was controlled by a ground frame which required a token to be operated. Hagley Road station was at the top of a hill requiring trains to climb an incline of 1:66 from both Harborne and Rotton Park. Unlike Icknield Port Road and Rotton Park Road stations, Hagley Road station remained open, albeit only to goods traffic, beyond 26th November 1934 when passengers services were withdrawn. The station closed with the closure of the branch on 4th November 1963.

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Ref: lnwrhr66 Postcard Looking from Hagley Road towards Rotton Park with the station's single line platform and goods yard on the left

Ref: lnwrhr66a Postcard Close up illustrating how the Harborne Railway Company exploited its position by selling advertising space

Ref: lnwrhr66b Postcard Close up showing the single storey building with its unusual canopy cantilevered from the roof

Ref: lnwrhr66c Postcard Close up showing Hagley Road station's small goods yard and coal wharf equipped with a short single siding

Ref: lnwrhr65 RS Carpenter Looking from the goods yard towards Hagley Road bridge and Harborne on a cold and damp Winter's day

Ref: lnwrhr65a RS Carpenter Close up showing Hagley Road station's modified main station building and the extra passenger waiting room

Ref: lnwrhr2215 AW Camwell Looking towards Rotton Park Road showing the loop and coal siding and the distance signal on 12th April 1940

Ref: hagley_road_map Andy Doherty Map showing the location of Hagley Road station in relation to Stanmore Road and Station Avenue

Ref: lnwrhr64 PB Whitehouse Ex-LNWR 2F 0-6-2T Coal Tank No 7742, running bunker first, on the 1:50pm Harborne to New Street service

Ref: lnwrhr2216 AW Camwell Ex-LNWR 2F 0-6-2T No 7742, is seen running bunker first on 22nd November 1934 on a New Street service

Ref: lnwrhr4079 LNWR Society Looking towards Rotton Park after the closure of the station with platform furniture and posters now removed

Ref: lnwrhr4080 T Heeks Looking towards Harborne along one of the two sidings of Hagley Road with a coal train being shunted