Saltley railway station

Saltley
Saltley
	1930s ticket from Saltley to Birmingham New Street
Location	Saltley, Birmingham; England
Coordinates	52.4934°N 1.8641°W
Grid reference	SP093883
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1854	Opened[1]
4 March 1968	Closed[2]

Saltley railway station was a railway station in Saltley, Birmingham, England, opened by the Midland Railway in 1854 and rebuilt in 1899.

Consisting of an island platform, it was on the line into Birmingham New Street from Water Orton. It closed to all traffic in 1968.[3]

Up freight approaching Saltley in 1962

Motive Power Depot

One of the roundhouses at Saltley in 1946

Class 4F outside one of the roundhouses at Saltley in 1946

Saltley depot in 1984

Saltley station was the site of a large roundhouse motive power depot established by the Midland Railway in 1868. This was doubled in size in 1876, by the addition of a second roundhouse, and a third was added in 1900.[4] The depot was re-roofed by British Railways in 1951, but closed on 6 March 1967 and was later demolished. The shed yard was used for stabling diesel locomotives until at least 1999.[4] Under the London Midland and Scottish Railway and British Railways Saltley had the shed code 21A. As a diesel stabling depot it was SY.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Birmingham New Street		Midland Railway Birmingham to Peterborough Line		Bromford Bridge

References

"Station Name: Saltley". Disused Stations. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 9781852605087. OCLC 832733511.
Pixton, B. (2005). Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route. Runpast Publishing. ISBN 9781870754637. OCLC 63136070.
Griffiths, Roger (1999). Directory of British Engine Sheds: 1. Oxford Publishing. p. 160. ISBN 0-86093-542-6. OCLC 59458015.

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[DS-1] "Station Name: Saltley". Disused Stations. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

[2] Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 9781852605087. OCLC 832733511.

[3] Pixton, B. (2005). Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route. Runpast Publishing. ISBN 9781870754637. OCLC 63136070.

[Griffiths1999-160-4] Griffiths, Roger (1999). Directory of British Engine Sheds: 1. Oxford Publishing. p. 160. ISBN 0-86093-542-6. OCLC 59458015.