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Former railway station in England

Lifford
Lifford Railway Station
General information
Location	Cotteridge, Birmingham England
Coordinates	52°25′10″N 1°55′12″W / 52.4194°N 1.9200°W / 52.4194; -1.9200
Grid reference	SP055801
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Birmingham and Gloucester Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1840	B&GR station opened
1875	B&GR station closed
1876	BWSR station opened
1885	BWSR station closed; Midland station opened
27 January 1941	Midland station closed

Lifford railway station refers to a series of railway stations in Cotteridge, Birmingham, England.

History

There were three stations at different times in the vicinity named Lifford.

Lifford station (1840–1875) on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (now the Camp Hill line)
Lifford station (1876–1885) on the Birmingham West Suburban Railway (now the Cross-City Line)
Lifford station (1885–1941) on the Midland Railway (formerly the B&GR)

The first station opened on 17 December 1840 on the Birmingham and Gloucester (B&GR) main line. This was absorbed into the Midland Railway in 1845. The original station closed in 1875.

The second station opened on 1 June 1876 as the terminus of the Midland Railway's Birmingham West Suburban Railway (BWSR) to Granville Street. It closed on 28 September 1885.

The third station opened on 28 September 1885 and was located proximal to the site of the original station on the former B&GR. It closed in 1941 due to Second World War economy measures.

Although the Camp Hill line and three of its former stations are due to reopen to passenger services in December 2023, Lifford is not currently included.

Station masters

W.H. Townson 1864
G. Hawley 1864—1866
F. Symonds 1866
B. Lunn 1866—?
Edwin Brownett c.1871—1902
A. Walker 1902—1906
Josiah Farndon 1906—1914
A. Edkins 1940—1941
(also station master at Kings Norton)

References

Daniels, G.; Dench, L. (1963). Passengers No More (2nd ed.). Glo Publications. p. 23. OCLC 867804156.
"Lifford Station and Junction". warwickshirerailways.com. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
"Lifford Station". Rail Around Birmingham. 2004. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
^ "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 206. 1914. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
"1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating Traffic and Coaching Departments. 491/1024: 330. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
"New Stationmaster at King's Norton". Evening Despatch. England. 23 February 1940. Retrieved 25 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Kings Norton		Midland Railway Camp Hill line		Hazelwell

Railway stations in the West Midlands county

Open stations

Birmingham	Acocks Green Adderley Park Aston Blake Street Bordesley Bournville Butlers Lane Chester Road Duddeston Erdington Five Ways Four Oaks Gravelly Hill Hall Green Hamstead Jewellery Quarter Kings Norton Lea Hall Longbridge Moor Street New Street Northfield Perry Barr Selly Oak Small Heath Snow Hill Spring Road Stechford Sutton Coldfield Tyseley University Witton Wylde Green Yardley Wood
Coventry	Canley Coventry Coventry Arena Tile Hill
Dudley	Coseley Lye Stourbridge Junction Stourbridge Town
Sandwell	Bescot Stadium Cradley Heath Dudley Port Langley Green Old Hill Rowley Regis Sandwell & Dudley Smethwick Galton Bridge Smethwick Rolfe Street Tame Bridge Parkway The Hawthorns Tipton
Solihull	Berkswell Birmingham International Dorridge Earlswood Hampton-in-Arden Marston Green Olton Shirley Solihull Whitlocks End Widney Manor
Walsall	Bloxwich Bloxwich North Walsall
Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton
Outside West Midlands county, but within the Transport for West Midlands area	Wythall

Disused

Birmingham	Bromford Bridge Camp Hill Castle Bromwich Central Goods Church Road Curzon Street Granville Street Hagley Road Handsworth & Smethwick Handsworth Wood Harborne Hazelwell Hockley Icknield Port Road Kings Heath Lawley Street Lifford Longbridge (1915–1964) Monument Lane Moseley Penns Rotton Park Road Rubery Saltley Soho & Winson Green Soho Road Somerset Road Sutton Park Sutton Coldfield Town Winson Green
Coventry	Coundon Road Daimler Halt Foleshill Longford & Exhall
Dudley	Baptist End Blowers Green Brettell Lane Brierley Hill Brockmoor Halt Bromley Halt Darby End Dudley Gornal Halt Halesowen Harts Hill Old Hill High Street Pensnett Halt Round Oak Windmill End
Sandwell	Albion Great Bridge North Great Bridge South Newton Road Oldbury Princes End & Coseley Rood End Smethwick West Soho Spon Lane Swan Village Tipton Five Ways Wednesbury Central Wednesbury Town West Bromwich
Walsall	Aldridge Bentley Brownhills Brownhills Watling Street Darlaston Darlaston James Bridge North Walsall Pelsall Pleck Rushall Short Heath Streetly Walsall Wood Willenhall Bilston Street Willenhall Stafford Street Wood Green
Wolverhampton	Bilston Central Bilston West Bradley and Moxley Bushbury Compton Halt Daisy Bank Dunstall Park Ettingshall Road Heath Town Monmore Green Portobello Priestfield Stafford Road Tettenhall Wednesfield Heath for Wolverhampton Wednesfield Wolverhampton Low Level Wolverhampton Temporary

Heritage
Tyseley, Warwick Road

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