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Former railway station in England Not to be confused with Soho and Winson Green railway station, which was also known as Winson Green between 1965 and 1972.

Winson Green
General information
LocationWinson Green, Birmingham
England
Coordinates52°29′20″N 1°56′14″W / 52.4890°N 1.9371°W / 52.4890; -1.9371
Grid referenceSP043879
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 November 1876Opened
26 August 1957Closed

Winson Green railway station was a railway station in Birmingham, England, built by the London and North Western Railway on their Stour Valley Line in 1876. It served the Winson Green area of Birmingham.

Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham, discussing railway accidents in the city, notes that:

Mr. Pipkins, Stationmaster at Winson Green, was killed Jan. 2. 1877.

but does not elaborate as to the circumstances.

The station closed in 1957, although the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line loop from the West Coast Main Line still runs through the site of the station today.

There is some evidence of the station on the ground today, as the two tracks running currently through the site of the station split at the location of an island platform.

The station was not the only one to bear the name. Following the closure of Winson Green station, the nearby Soho and Winson Green station was renamed Winson Green in 1965. However it too was closed in 1972. The site of the latter is now partly occupied by the Soho Benson Road tram stop on the Midland Metro.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Soho   London and North Western Railway
Stour Valley Line
  Monument Lane

References

  1. ^ "Winson Green Station". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham. Cornish Brothers. 1885. p. 5.
  3. "Winson Green Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

Further reading

Railway stations in the West Midlands county
Open stations
Birmingham
Coventry
Dudley
Sandwell
Solihull
Walsall
Wolverhampton
Outside West Midlands county,
but within the Transport for West Midlands area
Disused
Birmingham
Coventry
Dudley
Sandwell
Walsall
Wolverhampton
Heritage


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