Maxstoke railway station

Maxstoke
Maxstoke station platform April 2015
General information
Other namesColeshill
LocationEngland
Coordinates52°29′38″N 1°41′18″W / 52.4940°N 1.6884°W / 52.4940; -1.6884
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBirmingham and Derby Junction Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1839Station opens as Coleshill
1 January 1917Closed to passenger traffic
1923Renamed Maxstoke
30 April 1939Station closes
Coleshill (later Maxstoke) railway station from The Sketch 28 August 1907

Maxstoke railway station was a railway station opened in 1839 as Coleshill by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its original route from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden meeting the London and Birmingham Railway for London. The station served the village of Maxstoke and town of Coleshill in Warwickshire, England.

Lines around Whitacre Junction

History

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When the BD&JR built its alternative route in Lawley Street in 1842, the line, known as the Stonebridge Railway, lost its importance and the passenger service finished in 1917.[1]

It was renamed Maxstoke in 1923 (while Forge Mills became Coleshill)

Freight services continued until 30 April 1939.[2] The track was removed soon after and the station was demolished.

On 24 February 2014, a local volunteer from Birmingham, with the full permission of a local farmer, began uncovering the platform fascia and brickwork.[citation needed]

Stationmasters

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  • P. Gibson ca. 1859, ca. 1866[3]
  • Frederick Freeman
  • William Barber ca. 1868
  • F. Turner until 1873[4]
  • F. Swinnerton 1873 - 1877[4]
  • William Reynolds 1877[4] - 1887[5] (formerly station master at Hellifield)
  • Charles Wells 1887[5] - 1908[6]
  • William L. Leary 1908[6] - ca. 1912


References

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  1. ^ "A Picturesque Midland Railway Line". Birmingham Mail. England. 6 January 1917. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "LMS Notice. Withdrawal of Goods Train service to and from Maxstoke". Birmingham Mail. England. 15 April 1939. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "1859–1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 97. 1914. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 297. 1871. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 297. 1881. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1026". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 553. 1899. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  • Clinker. C. R., (1982) The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, Avon-AngliA Publications and Services.
  • Whishaw, F., (1840) The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland: Practically described and illustrated London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
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