Monument Lane railway station

Monument Lane

Site of station — central platform ran between tracks manager = London and North Western Railway
Location
Place Ladywood
Area Birmingham
Coordinates 52°28′56″N 1°55′29″W / 52.4823°N 1.9246°WCoordinates: 52°28′56″N 1°55′29″W / 52.4823°N 1.9246°W
Operations
Platforms 2
History
1854 opened
1886 resited
1958 closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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1888-9 map of location of the former station

Monument Lane railway station was a railway station in England, built by the London and North Western Railway on their Stour Valley Line in 1854. It served the Ladywood area of Birmingham, and was also the site of a large goods yard and a locomotive shed. In 1886 a new station was opened just north of the first station.

The station closed in 1958, although the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line loop from the West Coast Main Line still runs through the site of the station today. Monument Lane goods yard was adjacent to the East, as was an engine shed with turntable.

There is some evidence of the station on the ground today, as there is a gap in the tracks running currently through the site at the location of an island platform.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Winson Green   London and North Western Railway
Stour Valley Line		   Birmingham New Street
Icknield Port Road   Harborne Railway
Harborne Branch Line		   Birmingham New Street

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