Church Road
Site of the station in 2011
General information
LocationEdgbaston, Birmingham
England
Coordinates52°27′58″N 1°55′16″W / 52.4661°N 1.9210°W / 52.4661; -1.9210
Grid referenceSP054853
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1876Opened[1]
1925Closed[1]

Church Road railway station was a railway station in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, on the Midland Railway's Birmingham West Suburban Railway.

History

Timetable from Aris's Birmingham Gazette, 8 April 1876

The station, which was located in a cutting at the mouth of a short tunnel, operated between 1876 and 1925, before closing due to lack of patronage. Although the line remains open, almost no trace now remains of the station.[1]

On 7 July 1906 a passenger, Charles White, and his stepfather arrived at the station and purchased tickets for Birmingham New Street. As there was some time to wait for the train, they left the station and went into Carpenter Road. They were later observed on the southbound platform, and the elder man was struggling with Charles White, as if to restrain him from crossing the line. White broke free and jumped down into the adjacent tunnel. The station master, Mr Wilton heard the commotion and arrived on the platform, but unfortunately fell onto the track. As he lay there he witnessed Charles White being hit by a train. Although Charles White was not killed by the impact, he died in the ambulance on its way to Queen's Hospital, Birmingham.[2]

Station masters

  • J. Clack 1876 - 1877[3]
  • Charles Angell 1877 - 1880 (afterwards station master at Granville Street)
  • W.G. Stevenson 1880 - 1881
  • E. Morris 1881 - 1882[4]
  • Oliver John Haddock 1882 - 1883 (afterwards station master at Edwalton)
  • W.J. Young 1883 - 1885
  • John Tye 1885 - 1887
  • Charles Roughton 1887 - 1898 (afterwards station master at Blackwell)
  • W.H. Baines 1898 - 1902 (afterwards station master at Brownhills, then Selly Oak)
  • T.E. Wilton 1902 - 1907

After 1907 the station was placed under the supervision of the station master of Five Ways

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Granville Street
Line closed, station closed		   Midland Railway
Birmingham West Suburban Railway		   Somerset Road
Line open, station closed

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Church Road Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Railway Station Tragedy. Sensational affair at Church Road. A Platform Struggle". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 10 July 1906. Retrieved 27 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating Traffic and Coaching Departments. 491/1024: 766. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating Traffic and Coaching Departments. 491/1024: 328. Retrieved 27 March 2020.


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