Lawley Street railway station
Lawley Street | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Birmingham |
| Coordinates | 52°28′57″N 1°52′30″W / 52.4826°N 1.8750°W |
| History | |
| Original company | Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 10 February 1842 | Opened[1] |
| 1 March 1851 | Closed to passengers[2][page needed] |
Lawley Street railway station was opened in Birmingham, England on 10 February 1842,[3]by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway.[1]
The B&DJR had opened on 12 August 1839 with a line to Hampton, where it met the London and Birmingham Railway for passengers from Derby and the North East. Trains would reverse for Birmingham and travel into Curzon Street.
This gave problems from the start and, although it had been planned to run direct through a junction near Stechford, this was not proceeded with. Permission was sought for a new line, via the Tame valley, to a new station nearby.
In 1842, a new line was opened with a new terminus at Lawley Street. This proceeded from a junction at Whitacre with stations at Forge Mills (later renamed Coleshill), Water Orton and Castle Bromwich.
In 1851, the Midland Railway once more began to use Curzon Street with a new spur between Landor Street Junction and Derby Junction. Lawley Street then became a goods depot.[4][page needed]
References
- ^ a b "Station Name: Birmingham Lawley Street". Disused Stations. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 9781852605087. OCLC 832733511.
- ^ "On Wednesday Last..." Aris’s Birmingham Gazette. England. 14 February 1842. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ Pixton, B. (2005). Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route. Runpast Publishing. ISBN 9781870754637. OCLC 63136070.
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