Hockley railway station (West Midlands)

Hockley was an intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line, England, serving the Hockley area of Birmingham. It was around one mile from Snow Hill station.[2] Opened in 1854, it lasted for the duration of the line's original life, eventually closing with the line in 1972.[3]

Hockley
Hockley station in 1967
LocationHockley, Birmingham
England
Coordinates52.4907°N 1.9177°W / 52.4907; -1.9177
Grid referenceSP056880
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1854Opened[1]
1972Closed[1]
1995Jewellery Quarter station opened a short distance east

Replacement

When the line was reopened in 1995, Hockley station was not reopened. However a new station; Jewellery Quarter station was opened around 100 yards (91 m) to the east, at the mouth of Hockley No 2 Tunnel. On the other side of Icknield Street.[4]

Little trace now remains of the original station, as the site was cleared in the 1990s when the line was reopened.

Hockley goods depot

Between 1854 and 1967, a large goods depot was situated alongside the station. It was the Great Western Railway's principal goods depot for the Birmingham area.[5] The depot measured three-quarters of a mile long by two to three hundred yards wide. At the western end it had a transshipment interchange with barges on the Soho Loop of the Birmingham Canal. In the 1920s the depot employed over one thousand permanent staff.[5]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Soho and Winson Green   Great Western Railway
Birmingham–Wolverhampton (1854-1972)
  Birmingham Snow Hill

References

  1. "Hockley Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. "Hockley Station". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. Bartholomew's Pocket Atlas and Guide to Birmingham. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew' & Son Ltd. 1949. p. 20.
  4. "Jewellery Quarter station". railaroundbirmingham. Rail around Birmingham. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  5. "Hockley Goods Depot". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 107-109. ISBN 9781904474975. OCLC 263292710.
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