Saltley railway station

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Saltley
LMS Saltley to Birmingham New Street third class cheap day railway ticket.jpg
1930s ticket from Saltley to Birmingham New Street
Location Saltley, Birmingham
England
Coordinates 52°29′36″N1°51′51″W / 52.4934°N 1.8641°W / 52.4934; -1.8641 Coordinates: 52°29′36″N1°51′51″W / 52.4934°N 1.8641°W / 52.4934; -1.8641
Grid reference SP093883
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1854 (1854-10-01)Opened [1]
4 March 1968 (1968-03-04)Closed [2] [ page needed ]

Saltley railway station was a railway station in Saltley, Birmingham, England, opened by the Midland Railway in 1854 and rebuilt in 1899.

Consisting of an island platform, it was on the line into Birmingham New Street from Water Orton. It closed to all traffic in 1968. [3] [ page needed ]

Up freight approaching Saltley in 1962 Saltley station up freight approaching geograph-2717994-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Up freight approaching Saltley in 1962

Motive Power Depot

One of the roundhouses at Saltley in 1946 Saltley Locomotive Depot 2082279 865a7609.jpg
One of the roundhouses at Saltley in 1946
Class 4F outside one of the roundhouses at Saltley in 1946 Saltley Locomotive Depot LMS Fowler 4F 0-6-0 geograph-2793815-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Class 4F outside one of the roundhouses at Saltley in 1946
Saltley depot in 1984 Saltley depot outside the shed - geograph.org.uk - 1922822.jpg
Saltley depot in 1984

Saltley station was the site of a large roundhouse motive power depot established by the Midland Railway in 1868. This was doubled in size in 1876, by the addition of a second roundhouse, and a third was added in 1900. [4] The depot was re-roofed by British Railways in 1951, but closed on 6 March 1967 and was later demolished. The shed yard was used for stabling diesel locomotives until at least 1999. [4] Under the London Midland and Scottish Railway and British Railways Saltley had the shed code 21A. As a diesel stabling depot it was SY.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Birmingham New Street   Midland Railway
Birmingham to Peterborough Line
  Bromford Bridge

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References

  1. "Station Name: Saltley". 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. Pixton, B. (2005). Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route. Runpast Publishing. ISBN   9781870754637. OCLC   63136070.
  4. 1 2 Griffiths, Roger (1999). Directory of British Engine Sheds: 1. Oxford Publishing. p. 160. ISBN   0-86093-542-6. OCLC   59458015.