Icknield Port Road railway station

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Icknield Port Road
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Site of Icknield Port Road Station in Summerfield Park
General information
Location Edgbaston, Birmingham
England
Coordinates 52°29′04″N1°56′14″W / 52.4845°N 1.9373°W / 52.4845; -1.9373
Grid reference SP043874
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Harborne Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
10 August 1874Opened [1]
18 May 1931Closed [1]
Location
Icknield Port Road railway station

Icknield Port Road railway station was a railway station in England, built by the Harborne Railway and operated by the London and North Western Railway in 1874. [2]

It served the Summerfield area of Birmingham and, from 1897, was located near to the junction of Icknield Port Road and Gillott Road. Prior to that it had been between Icknield Port Road and Barford Rd, but the platform became too short when trains were lengthened. [3]

The station closed in 1931, [2] and there is little evidence of the station on the ground today. The trackbed through the station is now part of the Harborne Nature Walk.

Preceding stationDisused railwaysFollowing station
Rotton Park Road   Harborne Railway
Harborne Branch Line
  Monument Lane

References

  1. 1 2 "Icknield Port Road Station". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Icknield Port Road Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. Railway Magazine October 1950 p. 652