Monument Lane railway station
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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.
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. For some time after closure, the station was retained as a ticketing stop, as Birmingham New Street was an open station.
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.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, built by the London and North Western Railway
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
on their Stour Valley Line in 1854. It served the Ladywood
Ladywood
Ladywood is an inner-city area in Birmingham, England. It is a council constituency, managed by its own district committee. The constituency includes the smaller Ladywood ward and the wards of Aston, Nechells and Soho. In June 2004, Birmingham City Council conducted a city-wide "Ward Boundary...
area of Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, and was also the site of a large goods yard and a locomotive shed.
The station closed in 1958, although the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line
Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line
The Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford Line is a railway line in central England. It is a loop off the West Coast Main Line between Rugby and Stafford via the West Midlands cities of Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton.-Places served:The cities, towns and villages served by the line are listed...
loop from the West Coast Main Line
West Coast Main Line
The West Coast Main Line is the busiest mixed-traffic railway route in Britain, being the country's most important rail backbone in terms of population served. Fast, long-distance inter-city passenger services are provided between London, the West Midlands, the North West, North Wales and the...
still runs through the site of the station today. For some time after closure, the station was retained as a ticketing stop, as Birmingham New Street was an open station.
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.