Maxstoke railway station

For the current station in Coleshill, see Coleshill Parkway railway station. For the railway station known as Coleshill from 1923 to 1968, see Coleshill railway station.

Maxstoke
Maxstoke station platform April 2015
General information
Other names	Coleshill
Location	England
Coordinates	52°29′38″N1°41′18″W / 52.4940°N 1.6884°W / 52.4940; -1.6884
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1839	Station opens as Coleshill
1 January 1917	Closed to passenger traffic
1923	Renamed Maxstoke
30 April 1939	Station closes
Location

Coleshill (later Maxstoke) railway station from The Sketch 28 August 1907

Maxstoke railway station was a railway station opened in 1839 as Coleshill by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its original route from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden meeting the London and Birmingham Railway for London. The station served the village of Maxstoke and town of Coleshill in Warwickshire, England.

Lines around Whitacre Junction

History

When the BD&JR built its alternative route in Lawley Street in 1842, the line, known as the Stonebridge Railway, lost its importance and the passenger service finished in 1917. ^[1]

It was renamed Maxstoke in 1923 (while Forge Mills became Coleshill)

Freight services continued until 30 April 1939. ^[2] The track was removed soon after and the station was demolished.

On 24 February 2014, a local volunteer from Birmingham, with the full permission of a local farmer, began uncovering the platform fascia and brickwork.^{[ citation needed ]}

Stationmasters

• P. Gibson ca. 1859, ca. 1866 ^[3]
• Frederick Freeman
• William Barber ca. 1868
• F. Turner until 1873 ^[4]
• F. Swinnerton 1873 - 1877 ^[4]
• William Reynolds 1877 ^[4] - 1887 ^[5] (formerly station master at Hellifield)
• Charles Wells 1887 ^[5] - 1908 ^[6]
• William L. Leary 1908 ^[6] - ca. 1912

References

1. "A Picturesque Midland Railway Line" . Birmingham Mail. England. 6 January 1917. Retrieved 25 January 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "LMS Notice. Withdrawal of Goods Train service to and from Maxstoke" . Birmingham Mail. England. 15 April 1939. Retrieved 25 January 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "1859–1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 97. 1914. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
4. "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 297. 1871. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
5. "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 297. 1881. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
6. "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1026". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 553. 1899. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

• Clinker. C. R., (1982) The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, Avon-AngliA Publications and Services.
• Whishaw, F., (1840) The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland: Practically described and illustrated London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co.

External links

• This station's entry on Warwickshirerailways.com
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Coleshill station