Camp Hill railway station

Camp Hill railway station was a railway station in Camp Hill, Birmingham.

Camp Hill
Camp Hill Railway Station, at an unknown date
LocationBalsall Heath, City of Birmingham
England
Coordinates52.4620°N 1.8832°W / 52.4620; -1.8832
Grid referenceSP080849
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBirmingham and Gloucester Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
17 December 1840 (1840-12-17)Station opens
17 August 1841closed
15 November 1841reopened
1 December 1867closed then reopened as Camp Hill and Balsall Heath
1 April 1904renamed Camp Hill
27 January 1941 (1941-01-27)Station closes[1]

History

It was opened by the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway in 1840 and was its first terminus.

Subsequently, the line extended to join the London and Birmingham Railway to the latter's Curzon Street terminus.

From 1854, New Street opened but because of the necessity for a reversal many trains from the Midland Railway line from Derby continued to use Camp Hill until New Street was extended in the 1880s.[2]

From 1867 to 1904, it was known as Camp Hill and Balsall Heath.

The station had a goods yard, which is now the site of a retail estate.

It formed part of the Camp Hill Line, closed to passenger traffic on 27 January 1941.[3]

Station masters
  • Mr. Mewis ca. 1847
  • John F. Pepper 1859 - 1894[4]
  • John Edward Hemmings 1895 - ???? (formerly station master at Five Ways)
  • Mr. Avery ???? - 1936[5]
  • E. Bosworth ???? - 1939[6] (afterwards station master at Poplar and South Bromley)
  • H.J. Turner 1939 - 1941 (also station master at Brighton-Road, and Moseley)
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Brighton Road   Midland Railway
Camp Hill Line		   Birmingham New Street

References
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 9781852605087. OCLC 832733511.
  2. Pixton, B. (2005). Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route. Runpast Publishing. ISBN 9781870754637. OCLC 63136070.
  3. "Five Birmingham Station to Close". Coventry Evening Telegraph. England. 22 January 1941. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Presentation to Mr. J.F. Pepper". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 7 November 1894. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Hammerwich". Lichfield Mercury. England. 4 December 1936. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Mr. E. Bosworth". Evening Despatch. England. 18 January 1939. Retrieved 28 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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