Monument Lane railway 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.

Monument Lane
Site of station — central platform ran between tracks
Location
Place	Ladywood
Area	Birmingham
Coordinates	52.4822°N 1.9247°W / 52.4822; -1.9247
Grid reference	SP052871
Operations
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
July 1854	Opened[1]
1886	Resited[1]
17 November 1958	Closed[2]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

1888-9 map of location of the former 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.

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

1. "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.

• British History Online: Birmingham Communications