Camp Hill Line

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The Camp Hill line is a railway line in the West Midlands which lies between Kings Norton on the Cross-City Line and Birmingham New Street via Proof House junction. The line was closed to passengers in 1941 as a "Wartime Economy Measure", but remains open for freight traffic and as an occasional substitute route for long distance passenger train services. Seven railway stations along the line were demolished; they were:

Camp Hill Goods Station
Camp Hill
Brighton Road
Moseley
Kings Heath
Hazelwell
Lifford

[edit] Re-opening Plans

The reinstatement of local rail services to the former Camp Hill Line has been a long term aspiration of the City,^[1] and as of 2007, Birmingham City Council are looking into the possibility of reopening the line between Kings Norton and Birmingham Moor Street via the construction of a railway viaduct from Sparkbrook to Bordesley, where trains will be taken into the "old" Birmingham Moor Street station. Proposed station sites are:

Moseley
Kings Heath
Hazelwell

Proposals for the reopening are estimated at a cost of around £170 million. This would include a 3 train per hour service between Birmingham Moor Street and Kings Norton, as well as the restoration of the island platform at Kings Norton for passenger use. It has being stated that there could potentially be 4 trains per hour if there is a chance of removing Freight trains from the line. This does not seem a viable option realistically as this would result in Freight Services being diverted through congested Birmingham New Street via the busy Cross-City line.

If the plans are given the go-ahead, work would start around 2017. In October 2007, a 1500-name petition was handed in to the council asking for the line to be re-opened^[2].