Coleshill railway station

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Not to be confused with Coleshill Parkway railway station.

For the railway station known as Coleshill from 1839 to 1923, see Maxstoke railway station.

Coleshill (Forge Mills)
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
10 February 1842	Station opens as Forge Mills
1 November 1849	renamed Forge Mills for Coleshill
1 April 1904	renamed Forge Mills
9 July 1923	renamed Coleshill
4 March 1968	Station closes^[1]
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Coleshill railway station was a station on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line in England.

It was originally opened in 1842 as Forge Mills by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its line from Whitacre Junction to Lawley Street and renamed in 1923. The station which had previously been called Coleshill was renamed "Maxstoke".^[2]

Lines around Whitacre Junction

A new station near to the site, called Coleshill Parkway, was opened in 2007.

References

↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
↑ Pixton, B., (2005) Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing

External links

Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Coleshill station

Coordinates: 52°30′59″N 1°42′28″W / 52.51645°N 1.70777°W / 52.51645; -1.70777

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Chiltern Main Line	Southam Road and Harbury Fenny Compton

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Honeybourne Line	Stratford-upon-Avon Racecourse Platform Chambers Crossing Halt Milcote Long Marston

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Trent Valley Line	Bulkington Shilton Brinklow

Coventry to Leamington Line	Kenilworth Warwick (Milverton) Leamington Spa (Avenue)

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Alcester to Bearley Line	Great Alne Aston Cantlow Halt

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