Maxstoke railway station

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Maxstoke
Maxstoke station platform April 2015.jpg
Maxstoke station platform April 2015
General information
Other namesColeshill
LocationEngland
Coordinates 52°29′38″N1°41′18″W / 52.4940°N 1.6884°W / 52.4940; -1.6884
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1839Station opens as Coleshill
1 January 1917Closed to passenger traffic
1923Renamed Maxstoke
30 April 1939Station closes
Coleshill (later Maxstoke) railway station from The Sketch 28 August 1907 Coleshill railway station.png
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.

Contents

Lines around Whitacre Junction Whitacre junct.jpg
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 ]

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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. 1 2 3 "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 297. 1871. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 297. 1881. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. 1 2 "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1026". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 553. 1899. Retrieved 25 January 2022.


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