Handsworth and Smethwick railway station

Handsworth and Smethwick
General information
Location	City of Birmingham
Coordinates	52.5022°N 1.9530°W / 52.5022; -1.9530
Platforms	4
History
Original company	Great Western Railway (Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway)
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
14 November 1854 (1854-11-14)	Opened as Handsworth and Smethwick
6 March 1972	Closed
1999	Reopened as Handsworth, Booth Street

Handsworth & Smethwick was an intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line. It was opened in 1854.

The station's architecture was reminiscent of that of other stations and was almost exactly the same as Wednesbury and West Bromwich stations.

The station closed in 1972, with the line and much of the site has been demolished.

Site today

In 1999, Handsworth Booth Street tram stop was opened on the site of the station, as part of the Midland Metro line. The only signs of the original building are the station toilets, whose doorways are blocked up, on Booth Street.

Image gallery

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  March 1967
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  March 1967

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
The Hawthorns Line and station open		Great Western Railway Birmingham–Wolverhampton (1854-1972)		Soho and Winson Green Line open, station closed

References

• Bartholomew's Pocket Atlas and Guide to Birmingham. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew' & Son Ltd. 1949. p. 19. (for coordinates)

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 101-103. ISBN 9781904474975. OCLC 263292710.

External links

• Handsworth and Smethwick station on Warwickshire Railways.com