Whitacre Junction railway station
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| Whitacre Junction | |
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| Operations | |
| Original company | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| History | |
| 10 February 1842 | Station opens as Whitacre Junction |
| 1 November 1864 | closed and replaced |
| 1 October 1904 | renamed Whitacre |
| 4 March 1968 | Station closes[1] |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Whitacre Junction railway station was opened in 1864 by the Midland Railway.
The line had been opened in 1839 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden joining the London and Birmingham Railway.
In 1842 due to problems at Birmingham Curzon Street a branch was built from Whitacre to a new station at Birmingham Lawley Street. From that time the line to Hampton faded into obscurity. However in 1864 the Midland built a new line to Nuneaton. It is not clear when the original station was built, but it was moved 60 chains further south at this time.[2] In 1909 a cutoff line was built between Water Orton and Kingsbury
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Coordinates: 52°31′59″N 1°40′39″W / 52.53292°N 1.67758°W
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