Monument Lane railway station

Monument Lane
Site of station — central platform ran between tracks
General information
LocationLadywood, Birmingham
England
Coordinates52°28′56″N 1°55′29″W / 52.4822°N 1.9247°W / 52.4822; -1.9247
Grid referenceSP052871
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
July 1854Opened[1]
1886Resited[1]
17 November 1958Closed[2]
1888-9 map of location of the former station

Monument Lane railway station was a railway station in Birmingham, England, built by the London and North Western Railway on their Stour Valley Line in 1854. It served the Ladywood area of Birmingham, it was also the site of a large goods yard and a locomotive shed.[3] In 1886, a new station was opened just north of the first station.

The station closed in 1958,[4] 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. There were calls for a new station to be built at this site to serve the International Convention Centre but this seems unlikely to happen owing to the Midland Metro extension now running to Centenary Square.


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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Station Name: Monument Lane (1st)". Disused Stations. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Station Name: Monument Lane (2nd)". Disused Stations. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Monument Lane Station". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Monument Lane Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 1 April 2017.