Lawley Street railway station

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Lawley Street
Birmingham MMB 03 Lawley Street Freightliner Terminal.jpg
An ex-Fastline Class 66 locomotive stands in the Lawley Street Freightliner Terminal, on the site of the old station.
General information
Location Bordesley, Birmingham
England
Coordinates 52°28′57″N1°52′30″W / 52.4826°N 1.8750°W / 52.4826; -1.8750
Grid reference SP085871
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Key dates
10 February 1842Opened [1]
1 March 1851Closed to passengers [2] [ page needed ]
Location
Lawley Street railway station

Lawley Street railway station was opened in Birmingham, England on 10 February 1842, [3] by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway. [1]

The B&DJR had opened on 12 August 1839 with a line to Hampton, where it met the London and Birmingham Railway for passengers from Derby and the North East. Trains would reverse for Birmingham and travel into Curzon Street.

Sketchmap of Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway map.jpg
Sketchmap of Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway

This gave problems from the start and, although it had been planned to run direct through a junction near Stechford, this was not proceeded with. Permission was sought for a new line, via the Tame valley, to a new station nearby.

In 1842, a new line was opened with a new terminus at Lawley Street. This proceeded from a junction at Whitacre with stations at Forge Mills (later renamed Coleshill), Water Orton and Castle Bromwich.

In 1851, the Midland Railway once more began to use Curzon Street with a new spur between Landor Street Junction and Derby Junction. Lawley Street then became a goods depot. [4] [ page needed ]

References

  1. 1 2 "Station Name: Birmingham Lawley Street". Disused Stations. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens. ISBN   9781852605087. OCLC   832733511.
  3. ↑ "On Wednesday Last..." . Aris’s Birmingham Gazette. England. 14 February 1842. Retrieved 25 October 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ Pixton, B. (2005). Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route. Runpast Publishing. ISBN   9781870754637. OCLC   63136070.
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