The following is a list of MR stations, junctions, goods
depots, etc, which at one time were part of the County of Warwickshire. This
includes stations such as the L&NWR's and Midland Railway's stations in
Tamworth which, when these stations were first built, were part of Warwickshire
but later in 1889 ceded to Staffordshire. The list also includes a number of
stations from towns and villages which had previously been part of other
counties such as Staffordshire and Worcestershire but after being absorbed into
the City of Birmingham also became part of the County of Warwickshire. Examples
include Kings Norton, Bournville, Barnt Green, etc on the Midland Railway's
line to Gloucester. Finally a small number of stations from other counties
which were never part of Warwickshire have been included where their inclusion
completes a route. One example being the Midland Railway's Birmingham to
Evesham route where Evesham, Harvington, Redditch and Alvechurch have been
included to complete all stations along the line. Where a station was known by
more than one name we have endeavoured to list them separately but linked both
to the same station page. As this information is currently incomplete the list
will be updated when we find the information. If you can help us with
information which can fill in the gaps we would be very appreciative.
Stations, Junctions, Goods
Depots, etc |
Railway Company |
Operational status |
A |
|
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Abbey Street
station |
MR |
Open for passenger services via Whitacre on 1st
November 1864 and goods services on 1st December 1864. Closed for passengers
4th March 1964. |
Adderley Park
station |
LNWR |
Opened by the LNWR for passengers on 1st August 1860.
No Goods facilities were ever provided. |
Albany Road Bridge,
Coventry |
LNWR |
Bridge opened on 2nd September 1850. Remains in use
today. |
Alcester station |
MR |
Opened on 17th September 1866. Closed to passengers on
17th September 1963 (last train ran on 1st October 1962 being replaced by a bus
service). Closed completely on 6th June 1964. |
Alvechurch
station |
MR |
Opened to passengers on 1st November 1859 and remains
in use today. |
Arley Colliery
Tunnel |
MR |
Opened on 1st November 1864 and remains in use today.
|
Arley &
Fillongley station |
MR |
Opened as Arley station on 1st November 1864. Renamed
as Arley and Fillongley on 1st March 1867. Closed to all traffic on 17th
November 1960. |
Aston
station |
LNWR |
Aston station opened in 1854 by the LNWR for passengers
services only. Remains in use today. No Goods facilities were provided. |
Atherstone
station |
LNWR |
Atherstone station open to passengers on 30th November
1847. |
B |
|
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Banbury
Street Ticket Platform |
LNWR |
Last used to collect tickets on 1st July 1885. |
Barnt Green
station |
MR |
Barnt Green Station was first opened on 1 May 1844.
changed on 1st June 1857 to 'Barnt Green for Redditch'. It was then changed to
'Barnt Green for Bromsgrove' at some date prior to 1st January 1863 but then
reverted to 'Barnt Green on 1st July 1868. |
Bedworth station |
LNWR |
The LNWR opened the Coventry to Nuneaton Line and
Bedworth station on 12th September 1850. On 18th January 1965 British Railways
withdrew passenger services from the line and closed Bedworth station. BR
reopened Bedworth station 10th May 1988 and normal passenger services have
resumed from 16th May 1988. |
Berkswell
station |
LNWR |
On 27th November 1844 the London & Birmingham
Railway Board ordered that there be provided platforms and booking huts to be
provided at Docker's Lane, Berkswell station's original name. The name then
changed to Berkswell on 1st January 1853, then to Berkswell & Balsall
Common on 1st February 1928 before reverting to Berkswell again some time
later. |
Bidford on Avon
station |
S&MJR |
Closed 19th February 1917. Re-opens 1st January 1919.
Last passenger train 16th June 1947. Station finally closed 23rd May 1949.
|
Binton station |
S&MJR |
Binton station opened on 22nd February 1885 with the
last passenger train running on 16th June 1947 before final closure on 23rd May
1949. Goods traffic ceased in 1960 with the closure of the line between
Stratford upon Avon and Broom. |
Birmingham Central
Goods station |
MR |
The Central Goods station station was opened in 1887,
originally as Worcester Wharf being located next to the Worcester and
Birmingham Canal. The name was changed to Central Goods station in 1892. It
closed in 1967. |
Birmingham New
Street station |
LNWR/MR |
The station formally opened on 1st June 1854, although
part of the station had already been since 1852 as the terminus for Stour
Valley Railway. |
Birmingham
Southern Approaches |
LNWR |
Open |
Birdingbury
station |
LNWR |
Birdingbury station opened at the same as the line
between Rugby and Leamington on 1st March 1851. The goods yard closed in August
1953 and the station closed to passengers on 15th June 1959 when passenger
services on the line ceased. |
Blake Street
station |
LNWR |
Blake Street station opened for passengers in 1884. No
Goods facilities were provided. |
Bordesley
Junction |
MR/GWR |
A short link descending from the Midland Railway to the
Birmingham & Oxford Junction Railway at Bordesley was constructed as a
mixed gauge single track branch line in 1852, with the broad gauge third rail
being subsequently removed on 1st April 1869. |
Bournville
station |
MR |
Initially named Stirchley Street, opened in 1876
as the temporary southern terminus of the Birmingham West Suburban Railway. In
1880 it was renamed Stirchley Street and Bournville. In 1904, the
station was finally renamed Bournville. No Goods facilities were
provided. |
Brandon &
Wolston station |
LNWR |
Opened as Brandon station on 9th April 1838.
Rebuilt nearby as Brandon and Wolston station on 2nd October 1879 and
closed on 12th September 1960. |
Braunston London Road
station |
LNWR |
Opened as Braunston station on 1st August 1895.
On 1st July 1950 it was renamed Braunston London Road. Station closed to
passengers on 15th September 1958. |
Braunston
& Willoughby station |
L&NER |
Braunston & Willoughby opened on 15th March 1899.
The station closed to passengers and goods traffic on 1st April 1957. |
Brighton Road
station |
MR |
Brighton Road station opened in 1875 on the MR's Camp
Hill Line. It succumbed to 'wartime economy measures' in 1941 and never
reopened. |
Brinklow station |
LNWR |
Opened as Stretton (or Streeton) station on 15th
September 1847. Renamed Brinklow station on 1st February 1870. Station
closed to passengers on 16th September 1957 and for goods on the 20th February
1961. |
Bromford Bridge
station |
MR |
The station opened as Bromford Forge station on
6th May 1842 but quickly closed due to lack of traffic on 1st June 1843.
Rebuilt and renamed Bromford Bridge Racecourse on 9th March 1896. The
station closes permanently on 28th June 1965. No goods facilities were
provided. |
Broom Junction
station |
MR |
No direct local access. The station was used by
passengers and goods transiting from the Midland Railway's Birmingham to
Evesham line and the SMJ's line to Stratford upon Avon (or vice versa) which
opened on 1st November 1880. Closed 17th September 1963. No local goods
facilities were provided. |
Bulkington
station |
LNWR |
Closed |
Burton
Dassett |
S&MJR |
Opened as Warwick Road for both passenger and goods
services on 1st June 1871 but closed to passengers on 31st July 1877. A ground
frame, 'Burton Hill' opened in August 1898 controlling several sidings but the
public siding was not opened until 1st December 1909. Closed to EHLR traffic on
27th January 1925. The public siding closed on 11th November 1963. |
C |
|
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Cadbury's
Sidings |
MR |
Closed |
Camp Hill
station |
MR |
Camp Hill station was opened as the temporary
terminus for the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway on 17th December 1840 and
closed on 17th August 1841 when the line to Curzon Street opened. It reopened
on 15th November 1841. On 1st December 1867 it was closed then reopened as
Camp Hill and Balsall Heath station. On 1st April 1904 it was renamed
Camp Hill station. Closed on 27th January 1941 as a wartime measure but
never reopened. |
Canley Halt |
LMS |
Canley Halt was opened for passengers only on 30th
September 1940. No goods facilities were provided. |
Castle Bromwich
station |
MR |
Castle Bromwich station opened for Passengers 10th
February 1842. The station closed on 4th March 1968. |
Central Goods
Depot |
MR |
Birmingham Central Goods station, originally
known as Worcester Wharf, opened for traffic on 1st July 1887. The name
change occurred on 31st May 1892. Central Goods station closed on 6th March
1967. |
Chester Road
station |
LNWR |
Chester Road station opened on 1st December 1863. No
goods facilities were provided. |
Chilvers Coton
station |
LNWR |
Chilvers Coton station opened on 2nd September 1850 and
remained opened until 18th January 1965. No goods facilities were
provided. |
Church Road
station |
MR |
Church Road station was opened in 1875 and closed in
1925. No goods facilities were provided. |
Clifford Chambers
Sidings |
S&MJR |
Goods traffic only. Closed? |
Clifton Mills
station |
LNWR |
Clifton Mills station opened on 1st May 1850 and closed
on 6th June 1966. No goods facilities were provided. |
Coleshill station (later
Maxstoke) |
MR |
Coleshill station/Maxstoke opened on 5th August 1839 on
1st January 1917 when war time economy measures enabled the MR to enact
legislation that the line closed to passenger traffic. Still in use for
occasional goods traffic in 1923 the station was renamed Maxstoke, with Forge
Mills being renamed Coleshill. On 12th January 1935 the branch line was cut in
half when the timber bridge over the River Blythe was certified as too weak to
support a train. Coleshill or now Maxstoke still had a goods service until 30
April 1939 when the line was used to store crippled wagons. |
Coleshill station
(née Forge Mills) |
MR |
Coleshill station/Forge Mills opened on 10th February
1842. In 1923 the LMS renamed the station as Coleshill. The station was closed
on 4th March 1968. A new station near to the site, called Coleshill Parkway,
was opened in 2007. |
Coughton station |
MR |
Coughton station opened on 4th May 1868 and closed to
all traffic on 30th June 1952. |
Coundon Road
station |
LNWR |
First named Counden Road, the station opened on 2nd
September 1850 (changed to Coundon Road in 1894) and closed on 18th January
1965. Goods facilities were provided for coal merchants and closed after
passenger traffic withdrawn. |
Coventry station |
LNWR |
Open for Passengers on 9th April 1838. Closed to Goods
traffic in the late 1960s. |
Coventry Loop
Line |
LNWR |
Coventry Loop Line first opened on 16th August 1914.
Humber Road Junction was severed on 7th October 1963. Therefore became a long
siding from Three Spires junction. The last traffic to the Chrysler factory
ended in 1981, and the rest of the branch closed in September that year. The
track was lifted in 1982. |
Coventry Three
Spires Junction |
LNWR |
See above. |
Curzon
Street station |
LNWR |
Curzon Street station originally known as 'Birmingham'
station was opened on 24th June 1838. Name changed from 'Birmingham' to
'Birmingham Curzon Street' in November 1852. Used by local services to Sutton
Coldfield and excursion trains until 1893. |
Curzon Street
Goods Depot |
LNWR |
From November 1852 it continued in use as a goods
station until 1966. The platforms, along with the original trainsheds were
demolished the same year. The site was then used as a parcelforce depot until
May 2006. |
D |
|
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Daimler Halt |
LNWR |
Daimler Halt opened in 1917 and closed in 1965. No
Goods facilities were provided. |
Dunchurch
station |
LNWR |
Dunchurch station opened on 2nd October 1871 and closed
to passengers on 15th June 1959 and Goods on 2nd November 1964. |
Duddeston Road
Junction (MR) |
MR |
Open |
E |
|
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Ettington
station |
S&MJR |
Ettington station opened on 1st July 1873 and first
closed on 1st August 1877. The station then reopened on 22nd February 1885
before finally closing for passengers on 7th April 1952. Closed forgoods
traffic on 11th November 1963. |
Erdington
station |
LNWR |
Erdington station opened for Passengers in 1862.
Remains open. No Goods facilities were provided. |
Evesham station
(Worcestershire) |
MR |
Closed |
F |
|
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Fenny Compton
station |
S&MJR |
Fenny Compton station (SMJ) opened in 1873 and closed
to passengers in 1952. |
Flecknoe station |
LNWR |
Flecknoe station opened on 1st August 1895 and closed
to passengers on 3rd November 1952 and Goods in October 1956. |
Foleshill
station |
LNWR |
Foleshill Station opened sometime after the
Nuneaton-Coventry line which opened on 2 September 1850. The station closed on
18th January 1965. |
Four Oaks
station |
LNWR |
Four Oaks station opened for passengers on 15th
December 1884. Remains open for passengers. Goods traffic closed in 1960s. |
Five Ways
station |
MR |
Five Ways station opened for passengers in 1885 and
remained in service until 1944 when it closed as part of wartime economy
measures. A new station reopened in 1978. |
Forge Mills station
(later Coleshill) |
MR |
Forge Mills/Coleshill station opened on 10th February
1842. In 1923 the LMS renamed the station as Coleshill. The station was closed
on 4th March 1968. A new station near to the site, called Coleshill Parkway,
was opened in 2007. |
G |
|
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Gloucester
Junction |
MR |
Open |
Gravelly Hill
station |
LNWR |
Gravelly Hill station opened for passengers in 1862.
Remains open for passengers. No Goods facilities were provided. |
Great Barr
station |
LNWR |
Opened as Hamstead and Great Barr station opened for
passengers on 4 July 1837. Renamed Great Barr station on 1st May 1875. The
station was rebuilt on the opposite side of the road bridge on 25th March 1899.
On 6th May 1974 it was renamed Hamstead station. |
H |
|
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Hagley Road
station |
LNWR |
Hagley Road station opened on 10th August 1874.
Passengers services closed on 26th November 1934 whilst goods traffic ceased on
4th November 1963. |
Halesowen
Junction |
MR |
Branch line closed in 1964. |
Hampton
station |
MR |
Hampton station opened on 12th August 1839 but was
renamed 'Hampton Junction' on 1st November 1849. It reverted to 'Hampton' on
1st December 1872. Lost its final passenger service in 1917 as a wartime
economy measure. A length of the former branch remained at the Hampton end
until the early 1960s to give rail access to the mill. |
Hampton-in-Arden
station |
LNWR |
Hampton in Arden station was opened on 1st September
1884. Remains open. Goods closed in 1960s. |
Hamstead
station |
LNWR |
Opened as Hamstead and Great Barr station opened for
passengers on 4 July 1837. Renamed Great Barr station on 1st May 1875. The
station was rebuilt on the opposite side of the road bridge on 25th March 1899.
On 6th May 1974 it was renamed Hamstead station. |
Handsworth
Wood station |
LNWR |
Handsworth Wood station opened in 1896 and closed in
1941 as part of wartime economy measures. |
Handsworth
Junction |
LNWR |
Open. |
Harborne station |
LNWR |
Harborne station opened to passengers on 10th August
1874. It closed to passenger traffic on 26th November 1934 and to goods traffic
in 1963. |
Harborne
Junction |
LNWR |
Branch line lifted |
Harvington station
(Worcestershire) |
MR |
Closed 17th September 1963 |
Hawkesbury Lane
station |
LNWR |
Hawkesbury Lane station opened on 2nd September 1850
and closed on 18th January 1965. |
Hazelwell
station |
MR |
Hazelwell Station opened on 1st January 1903 and closed
in 1941 for 'wartime economy measures' never to reopen. |
I |
|
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Icknield Port
Road station |
LNWR |
Icknield Port Road Station opened in 1874 and closed in
1931. No goods facilities were provided. |
K |
|
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Kenilworth
station |
LNWR |
Kenilworth station opened on 9th December 1844. The
station was close to goods traffic on 4 January 1965 and passenger traffic on
18th January 1965. |
Kenilworth
Junction |
LNWR |
Kenilworth Junction on 2nd March 1884 and was closed on
1st March 1969 when the line to Berkswell was lifted. |
Kineton station |
S&MJR |
Kineton station opened on 1st June 1871 as the
temporary terminus for the Blisworth - Kineton route. On 1st July 1873 the line
to Stratford upon Avon was opened but services were suspended from 31st July
1877 until 22nd March 1885. Passenger services at Kineton were finally
withdrawn on 7th April 1952 and goods services on the 11th November 1963. |
Kingsbury
station |
MR |
Kingsbury station opened on 12th August 1839. Closed on
4th March 1968. |
Kingsbury
Junction |
MR |
Opened in 1909. |
Kings Heath
station |
MR |
Opened in 1840 as Moseley station. With the MR building
of Moseley station proper in 1867, the station name changed to Kings Heath -
more appropriate given its location. The station was, along with the others on
this line, closed in 1941 as a 'wartime economy measure', and never reopened
although goods traffic continued until May 1965. |
Kings Norton
station |
MR |
The current Kings Norton station is the second station
to be built in the Kings Norton area. The original Lifford railway station (the
first of three stations to bear the Lifford name) was first built on what is
now the Camp Hill Line. Kings Norton station opened to passengers in 1849.
Remains open. Goods traffic ceased in 1960s. |
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Lawley
street station |
LNWR |
Lawley Street station opened on the 1st October 1854
and was closed on the 1st March 1869. |
Lawley Street station |
MR |
Lawley Street station opened on 10th February 1842 and
closed for passengers on 1st March 1851. |
Lawley Street Goods
Depot |
MR |
Lawley Street Goods Depot opened in June 1842. Remains
open. |
Lea Hall station |
LNWR |
Lea Hall station was opened by the LMS on 1st May 1939.
Remains open. |
Leamington Avenue
station |
LNWR |
Leamington Avenue station opened in February 1854 and
closed to passenger traffic on 18th January 1965. |
Leamington (Milverton)
station |
LNWR |
The original station station opened on 6th December
1844. During its life the station was known by eight different names:
Leamington in 1844 Warwick (Milverton) in
1854 Warwick in 1856 Warwick (Milverton) in
1857 Leamington Milverton (Warwick) in 1875 Milverton (for
Warwick) in 1876 Warwick (Milverton) in 1884 and finally
Leamington Spa (Milverton) for Warwick in 1952. The station's status
changed in 1883 from being a terminus station to a through station when its
location moved from one side of the bridge to the other on the opening of the
line to Leamington Avenue and on to Rugby. Part of the original station was
used for goods services. Closed to passenger services on 18th January
1965. |
Lifford station |
MR |
Due to the opening of the Birmingham West Suburban
Railway in 1876 and then later its upgrading by the Midland Railway to main
line status, there were three incarnations of Lifford station. The first was
built on what is now the Camp Hill Line, the second on the Lifford Canal branch
and the third was situated very close to the original site on the Camp Hill
line. Opening in 1885, some 45 years after the railway itself, the third and
final incarnation of Lifford station had its passenger services withdrawn in
1941 as a 'wartime economy measure', never to return. The station opened the
year the second station closed to passengers and some forty-one years after the
closure of the first Lifford station. |
Longford &
Exhall station |
LNWR |
The station was opened in 1850 at the same time as
Coventry to Nuneaton Line, built by the London and North Western Railway. It
was the first to be closed on the branch closing on 23rd May 1949. |
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Marston Green
station |
LNWR |
It has been stated that from opening of the line there
were arrangements where by on an ad-hoc basis some services would call prior to
there being a platform. The decision to open a station at Marston Green was
officially sanctioned by the newly formed LNWR in October 1844 with a platform
and booking hut authorised the following month. It remains open for passenger
services. It was closed to goods traffic in the 1960s. |
Marton
station |
LNWR |
Marton station opened on 1st March 1851 one of two
intermediate stations on the single line route to Leamington. The station had
several name changes: Marton for Southam on 1st July
1853, Marton in October 1860 Marton for Southam in January
1877 before finally reverting again to Marton on 1st August 1895.
The station remained open until the withdrawal of passenger services on the
line on 15th June 1958 for whilst the goods services continued on until 3 July
1961. |
Marton
Junction |
LNWR |
Marton Junction opened on 1st August 1895 when the
branch to Weeden opened. Despite the closure of the Rugby line from Marton
Junction to Leamington and the Weedon branch from Southan & Long Itchington
to Daventry, the junction lasted in service for exactly 100 years closing on
1st August 1995. |
Maxstoke station
(née Coleshill) |
MR |
Maxstoke/Coleshill station opened on 5th August 1839 on
1st January 1917 when war time economy measures enabled the MR to enact
legislation that the line closed to passenger traffic. Still in use for
occasional goods traffic in 1923 the station was renamed Maxstoke, with Forge
Mills being renamed Coleshill. On 12th January 1935 the branch line was cut in
half when the timber bridge over the River Blythe was certified as too weak to
support a train. Coleshill or now Maxstoke still had a goods service until 30
April 1939 when the line was used to store crippled wagons. |
Milverton
for Warwick station |
LNWR |
The original station station opened on 6th December
1844. During its life the station was known by eight different names:
Leamington in 1844 Warwick (Milverton) in
1854 Warwick in 1856 Warwick (Milverton) in
1857 Leamington Milverton (Warwick) in 1875 Milverton (for
Warwick) in 1876 Warwick (Milverton) in 1884 and finally
Leamington Spa (Milverton) for Warwick in 1952. The station's status
changed in 1883 from being a terminus station to a through station when its
location moved from one side of the bridge to the other on the opening of the
line to Leamington Avenue and on to Rugby. Part of the original station was
used for goods services. Closed to passenger services on 18th January
1965. |
Monument Lane
station |
LNWR |
Monument Lane station was opened on the Birmingham,
Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway on 1st January 1852, initially as the
temporary terminus prior to the opening of the tunnel to New Street station.
The station closed to passenger traffic in 1958. |
Moseley station |
MR |
There have been two Moseley stations, both located on
the Camp Hill line. The first station changed its name to Kings Heath when
this, the second station, was opened by the Midland Railway in 1867. The
station had its passenger services withdrawn in 1941 as a 'wartime economy
measure', which were never to return. No goods facilities were provided. |
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Napton &
Stockton station |
LNWR |
Napton & Stockton station opened on 1st August 1895
and remained open until it closed to passenger traffic on 15th September 1958
with its goods service being withdrawn on 2nd December 1963. |
North End Halt |
S&MJR |
North End, thought to have been of timber framed
construction, was another short lived station, opening on 1st June 1871 and
closing 31st July 1877 when passenger services between Blisworth and Stratford
upon Avon were suspended. |
Northfield
station |
MR |
The station was opened on 1st September 1870 by the
Midland Railway. In 1892, the line through Northfield was quadrupled. The
station remains open to passengers. Goods traffic ceased in the 1960s. |
Nuneaton Abbey
Street station |
MR |
The original Midland Railway station in Nuneaton opened
for passenger services via Whitacre on 1st November 1864 and for goods services
on 1st December 1864. With the opening of the Ashby & Nuneaton Joint
Committee line to Moira and Coalville the MR's second station in Nuneaton was
opened on 1st September 1873. The new station was situated 150 yards further to
the East of the original station. The station was closed to passenger services
on 4th March 1964. |
Nuneaton Trent
Valley station |
LNWR |
Nuneaton Trent Valley station opened as Nuneaton
station on 15th September 1847. To avoid confusion with Nuneaton Abbey
Street station the LMS renamed the station as Nuneaton station Trent
Valley on 2nd June 1924. The station remains open to passengers. Goods
traffic closed during the 1960s. |
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Offchurch
Cutting |
LNWR |
Offchurch Cutting opened on 1st March 1851. Regular
passenger services on the Rugby to Leamington line were withdrawn in June 1959
(although diverted passenger services occasionally used the line after this
date). General goods traffic lasted a few years longer but the line closed as a
through route in the mid-1960s. |
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Penns station |
MR |
Penns station, on the Midland Railway's Walsall to
Water Orton line, opened in 1879 and was closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching
cuts. Goods traffic ceased in the 1960s. |
Perry Barr
station |
LNWR |
Perry Bar station was opened by the Grand
Junction Railway on the line from Vauxhall to Stafford on 4th July 1837. For
the nearly sixty years it carried the name Perry Bar station until 29th
August 1894 when the extra 'r' was added to become Perry Barr station.
The station remains open today, albeit in a different form, so it can claim to
be one of the oldest stations in the county and Midlands. |
Perry Barr
North Junction |
LNWR |
Open |
Polesworth
station |
LNWR |
Polesworth station was opened with the line in 1847 by
the London and North-Western Railway. The station remains open for
passengers. |
R |
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Redditch station |
MR |
The first passenger station was a terminus and opened
on 19th September 1859 and was located at Clive Road. It was made redundant
when the line was extended south to Evesham on 4th May 1868 and a new station
was built a little to the south of the original. This station lasted until 7th
February 1972 when it too was replaced. A third station was opened on 5th
October 1992. Goods services closed in the 1960s. |
Rotton Park
station |
LNWR |
Rotton Park station opened on the Harborne Railway in
1874 and closed to passengers in 1934. No goods facilities were provided. |
Rugby
station |
LNWR |
The first railway station was a wooden temporary
structure located around half a mile to the west of the present station. It
opened in 1838 when the London and Birmingham Railway was constructed. This
station lasted only a few years as when a junction was made with the Midland
Counties Railway in 1840 a new station was built again being a temporary wooden
structure. It was rebuilt in brick in 1850. This second station lasted until
the 1880s, when a new line from Rugby to Northampton was built, and a third
station was erected which opened in 1885. Subsequently as part of the West
Coast Main Line modernisation programme, major track restructuring work was
carried out to allow higher speed running through Rugby; three new platforms
were added, along with a new ticket office and entrance. Work began in
September 2006 and was completed late in 2008. |
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Salford Priors
station |
MR |
Salford Priors station was opened for goods traffic on
16th June 1866 and for passenger traffic on 17th September 1866. The station
officially closed on 17th September 1963 although the last train to run was on
1st October 1962 with a bus service replacing the train service until the
line's closure conformed to legal requirements. |
Saltley
station |
MR |
Saltley station was opened on 1st October 1854 on the
Midland Railway's Birmingham New Street to Water Orton line. It was rebuilt in
1899 as an island platform station. It closed to all traffic in 1968. |
Selly Oak
station |
MR |
Selly Oak station opened in 1876 on the Midland
Railway's Birmingham West Suburban Railway branch to serve the suburbs of Selly
Oak and Bournbrook. The station remains open for passenger services but was
completely rebuilt in 1978. |
Shilton station |
LNWR |
It was opened on 15th September 1847 initially
operating a limited service becoming fully operational on 1st December 1847.
The station was closed to passenger traffic on 16th September 1957 and to goods
traffic in 1965. |
Shustoke station |
MR |
Shustoke station was opened on 1st November 1864 as
part of the Midland Railway's Nuneaton to Birmingham route. The station was
closed on 4th March 1968. Goods traffic ceased in the 1960s. |
Soho station |
LNWR |
Soho station, located on the Stour Valley line, opened
in 1867 and was closed to passengers on 23rd May 1949. Goods facilities ceased
in the 1960s. |
Soho East
Junction |
LNWR |
Open |
Soho Road
station |
LNWR |
Soho Road station opened in 1889 on a new stretch of
line laid between the LNWR's New Street to Wolverhampton High Level and their
New Street to Walsall (the old Grand Junction) routes. Soho Road was built to
compete with the GWR's more direct route between Wolverhampton and Birmingham.
The station was closed during the Second World War as part of wartime economy
measures never to be reopened. |
Soho Soap
Junction |
LNWR |
Open |
Somerset Road
station |
MR |
Somerset Road station, on the Midland Railway's
Birmingham West Suburban Railway, was opened in 1876 but closed in 1930 due to
lack of patronage. |
Southam & Long
Itchington station |
LNWR |
Southam & Long Itchington station opened on 1st
August 1895. The station closed with the withdrawal of passengers services on
the Leamington to Weedon route on 15th September 1958. However due to its close
proximity to the cement works the goods service remained open until 5th July
1965. |
Stechford
station |
LNWR |
Stechford station was opened on the London to
Birmingham line by the newly formed London North Western Railway in 1844. It
remains open today for passenger services. Its exchange sidings and goods yard
closed in the 1960s. |
Stockingford
station |
MR |
Stockingford station opened on 1st November 1864 as
part of the Midland Railway's Nuneaton to Birmingham route. The station closed
to passengers on 4th March 1968. Goods traffic closed in the 1960s. |
Stratford Old
Town station |
S&MJR |
Stratford Old Town station, opened on 1st July 1873,
was built by the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway. The station
closed to passengers on 7th April 1952 due to the close proximity of the GWR
station. The station remained open to freight traffic until 1965. |
Streetly station |
MR |
Streetly station was opened on 1st July 1879 by the
Midland Railway on its Walsall to Water Orton Branch line. The station closed
in January 1965. No Goods facilities were provided. |
Studley & Astwood station |
MR |
Studley and Astwood Bank station was
situated 3 miles and 11 chains from Redditch and opened on 4th May 1868 to both
passenger and goods traffic. The station closed on 17th June 1963 prior to the
closure of the line on 6th July 1964. |
Sutton Coldfield
station |
LNWR |
Sutton Coldfield station was opened on 2nd June 1862,
as the northern terminus of the branch line from Aston built by the London and
North Western Railway. An extension to Lichfield City opened to goods traffic
in September 1884 and to passenger traffic on 15th December 1884. Goods
facilities were withdrawn from Sutton Coldfield on 1st May 1967. The station
remains open for passenger services. |
Sutton Park
station |
MR |
Sutton Park station, opened in 1879, was located on the
Midland Railway's Walsall to Water Orton branch. The station was closed in
1965. Goods traffic closed in the 1960s. |
Sutton Town
station |
MR |
Sutton Town station opened in 1879 on the then Midland
Railway's Walsall to Water Orton route and closed in 1924 shortly after
grouping. No Goods facilities were provided. |
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Tamworth High
Level station |
MR |
Tamworth High Level station opened on 12th August
1839. The station remains open for passenger services. Goods facilities were
withdrawn in the 1960s. |
Tamworth Low
Level station |
LNWR |
Tamworth Low Level station opened in 1847 and remains
open for passenger services. Goods facilities were withdrawn in the 1960s. |
Three Spires
Junction |
LNWR |
Three Spires Junction on 16th August 1914. The line
closed in 1981 with the loss of the Chrysler traffic to Linwood in
Scotland. |
Tile Hill
station |
LNWR |
The station was initially named Allesley Lane
station when it opened in 1850. In 1857 it was renamed as Allesley Gate
reflecting perhaps that it was a station with a level crossing and the need to
differentiate its location from Allesley Lane which was not local. It finally
received its Tile Hill name in 1864 and it remains open for passenger
services. Goods facilities were withdrawn in the 1960s. |
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Vauxhall &
Duddeston station |
LNWR |
Originally opened as Vauxhall station in 1837
the station served as the temporary terminus of the Grand Junction Railway from
Liverpool via Stafford. When the permanent terminus opened at Curzon Street
station in 1839, Vauxhall station became a goods-only station until
it was rebuilt a little further to the north and re-opened in 1869. It was
renamed Vauxhall and Duddeston station in 1889 before finally becoming
Duddeston station on 6 May 1974 and it remains open for passenger
services. |
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Warwick
Milverton station |
LNWR |
The original station station opened on 6th December
1844. During its life the station was known by eight different names:
Leamington in 1844 Warwick (Milverton) in
1854 Warwick in 1856 Warwick (Milverton) in
1857 Leamington Milverton (Warwick) in 1875 Milverton (for
Warwick) in 1876 Warwick (Milverton) in 1884 and finally
Leamington Spa (Milverton) for Warwick in 1952. The station's status
changed in 1883 from being a terminus station to a through station when its
location moved from one side of the bridge to the other on the opening of the
line to Leamington Avenue and on to Rugby. Part of the original station was
used for goods services. Closed to passenger services on 18th January
1965. |
Washwood Heath
Sidings |
MR |
Washwood Heath Sidings was first opened by the Midland
Railway to serve their needs in the Birmingham area in October 1877. Washwood
Heath Sidings were to be found between Bromford Bridge station and Saltley
station on the Birmingham to Derby line. Closed |
Water Orton
station |
MR |
Water Orton station was originally built by the
Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway (B&DJR) and opened on 16th May
1842. However the Midland Railway built a cutoff line from slightly further
west to a junction at Kingsbury in 1909 and the station was resited. It remains
open today for passenger services. Goods services closed in the 1960s. |
Whitacre Junction
station |
MR |
The original Whitacre station was opened on 10th
February 1842 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway some thirty-one
months after the route from Derby to Hampton was opened. On 1st November 1864
the line between Birmingham to Nuneaton was opened and the original B&DJR
Whitacre station was closed being replaced by a new station. The station was
closed to passenger services on 4th March 1968. No goods facilities were
provided. |
Wilnecote
station |
MR |
Wilnecote station, opened in May 1842 by the Birmingham
and Derby Joint Railway, was initially named Wilnecote and Fazeley station. Its
name was changed to Wilnecote in 1904. The station remains open to passenger
services. No goods facilities were provided. |
Winson Green
station |
LNWR |
Winson Green station, opened in 1876, was built by the
LNWR on their Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway. The station
closed to passengers in 1957. No goods facilities were provided. |
Witton station |
LNWR |
Witton station opened in two phases: to passengers on
1st May 1876 and for goods in 1887. It was built by the LNWR on the former
Grand Junction Railway line which ran between Vauxhall, later Curzon Street, to
the original Wolverhampton station re-named Wednesfield Heath in 1855. The
station remains open to passenger services. No goods facilities were made
available. |
Wixford station |
MR |
Wixford station was opened on 17th September 1866 as a
temporary station but was later made permanent by the MR. The station closed
earlier than most on the line with both passengers and goods traffic ceasing on
2nd January 1950. |
Wylde Green
station |
LNWR |
Wylde Green station, opened on 2nd June 1862, was built
by the LNWR as part of their extension to Sutton Coldfield. The station remains
open to passenger services. |
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