Whitacre Junction railway station
Whitacre Junction | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Owned by | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Line(s) | Midland Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 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] |
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 a south-facing junction with the London and Birmingham Railway just north of Hampton-in-Arden.
Due to increasing traffic, and the inconvenience of having to reverse trains at Hampton-in-Arden to reach Birmingham Curzon Street, a branch was built in 1842 west from Whitacre to a new Midland Railway passenger station at Birmingham Lawley Street. The Midland Railway generally used the London and North-Western Railway Trent Valley Line and Great Northern Railway tracks to reach London, so the line south to Hampton faded into obscurity.
In 1864, the Midland built a new line eastwards 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
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleshill Line and station open |
Midland Railway Birmingham to Leicester Line |
Shustoke Line open, station closed | ||
| Kingsbury Line open, station closed |
Midland Railway Stonebridge Railway |
Maxstoke Line and station closed | ||
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