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Birmingham Curzon Street railway station (1838–1966)

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proposal, which will incorporate the surviving entrance building into the eastern entrance of a new station. A masonry colonnade screen will connect the historic structure and the new HS2 station viaducts and eastern concourse at New Canal Street. The renovated building will have a visitor centre and
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in the world - was constructed over them. There were 16 lines off the turntable. The shed was demolished in or shortly after 1860, with materials being salvaged for use elsewhere. In March 2020, during preparatory works for the construction of the HS2 station, archaeologists uncovered the remains of
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status. While much of the site continued to be used for road-based parcel traffic, the principal building was used as office space for various purposes, including the occasional art event. During the 2010s, it was announced that the site and the principal building would be reused and integrated into
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In 1841, a hotel extension – known originally as the Queen's Hotel – was added to the northern (Curzon Street) side of the building, but was eclipsed (and renamed the Railway Hotel) when a new Queen's Hotel was opened next to New Street station. During June 1900, the Railway Hotel was closed, after
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struck the Principal Building, causing mostly superficial damage, while numerous other bombs impacted nearby, after which it was repaired. In 1952, the Principal Building was given a Grade 1 Listing in recognition of its historical importance; in subsequent years, it would become the only surviving
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at the London end of the L&BR. In the original design, the building was to be flanked by two arches leading into the station: excavations have revealed that these were never built. The interior was modified in 1839 to accommodate a 'hotel' (the Victoria), although this was probably more in the
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Within only a few years of opening, the station had become quite heavily trafficked; however, the arrangement of the parallel platforms quickly proved to be an inconvenience to the travelling public and operators alike, the inability to perform through trips complicated many train journeys. It was
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The GJR's station was located on the northern side of the site in a triangular area of land. It featured parallel departure and arrivals platforms, which had to be staggered in order to fit into the available land. The GJR also built their own independent entrance building and booking office (now
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were also used to transfer wagons between tracks as well as to marshal them into trains. Different goods were handled across the site; while fruit and vegetables went through the old GJR arrival platform train shed, grain and flour was processed at the old GJR departure area. General freight was
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did not arrive until on 17 September of that year. That first train had traversed the 112 miles between the two cities in four hours and 48 minutes. During 1839, the GJR arrived at Curzon Street; although the line had opened two years earlier, one year before the L&BR, it originally ran to a
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truss spans covered both the platforms and the six tracks, covering an area of 217 feet (66 metres) long and 113 feet (34 metres) wide. To the rear of the departure platform, a lengthy building accommodating booking offices, waiting rooms and a parcels office was present. Furthermore, it also
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The building was unused except for the occasional art exhibition. Birmingham City Council had hoped to refurbish the building and find an alternative tenant. It was expected to be the centrepiece of the City Park and Masshouse development scheme, which is located around the site, most of the
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The L&BR's station was built on the south side of the site, featuring a pair of platforms in parallel (one for arrivals and the other for departures), along with four carriage sidings next to the tracks leading to the two outer platforms; six lines in total served the station. A sizable
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Various additional railway facilities were also constructed nearby on land to the south and east of the station; these included carriage sheds for the L&BR, a sixteen-sided engine house, and freight handling areas for the transhipment of goods between the L&BR and the neighbouring
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By 1846, the station was already being extensively modified. The train shed was extended so that it could accommodate the running of longer trains, while the departure platform was extended to create a new bay platform for the use of the
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demolished) which were located behind the departure platform. Separate yards for passengers and their horse-drawn carriages were present between the station and Curzon Street. The GJR's facilities were mainly designed by Joseph Franklin.
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In separate instances, during 1970 and 1978, British Rail applied to demolish the Principal Building, but permission to proceed was repeatedly refused on both occasions. Instead, in 1979, the ownership of the building was transferred to
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nature of a refreshment room or public house, and later the booking hall, with a large iron balustraded stone staircase and offices. It is three storeys tall but relatively small. A detailed paper from Historic England can be found at
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was installed next to the station entrance in 1988 which reads: "THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM TRAIN AT THIS STATION ON MONDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 1838".
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era, only being closed to rail-based goods traffic in 1966. Many original features were demolished at this time, such as the platforms and trainshed, but the principal entrance building survived and was given
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also inconveniently located on the eastern edge of Birmingham city centre. Accordingly, its use as a major passenger station was relatively short-lived. Following the merging of the L&BR and GJR into the
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that year as an 'excursion station' to relieve New Street station at peak times, such as holidays or fair days. The station provided frequent public holiday excursion services to
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era as a goods station up until 1966. The platforms, along with the original train sheds, were demolished that same year. For several decades, the site was used as a
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as its first president in the Queen's Hotel; a plaque commemorating the centenary of the event was placed inside the station building when the hotel was demolished.
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During the 1850s, Curzon Street station found a new role handling freight traffic; conversion work was undertaken between 1860 and 1865 to turn it into a dedicated
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typically addressed beneath the 1838 L&BR train sheds. In 1914, Curzon Street employed more than 2,000 people, along with roughly 600 horses and 900 wagons.
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in 1818–19. It has tall pillars running up the front of the building, made out of a series of huge blocks of stone. The design mirrored the
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Osborne, E.C.; W. Osborne (1838). Osborne's guide to the Grand Junction, or Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester Railway. pp. 101–2.
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In early 1874, a portion of Curzon Street station (at the corner of New Canal Street and Banbury Street) was adapted and used from
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Birmingham New Street – the story of a great station, including Curzon Street, 1: Background and beginnings: the years up to 1860
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During the early years of its life as a good station, horses were primarily used to shunt wagons around the depot, while
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which the contents were sold and the space was converted into offices for the goods depot. On 27 January 1847, the
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the roundhouse and turntable. It is planned to preserve them and incorporate them into the new station building.
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This article is about the railway station in use from 1838 to 1966. For the planned High Speed 2 station, see
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Print from a 19th-century guide book showing the 1840 hotel extension to the north of the terminus building
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student theatre group, the 'Three Bugs Fringe Theatre'. The building was also proposed as a home for the
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part of the original station and the world’s oldest example of monumental railway architecture.
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While the station was formally opened on 24 June 1838, however, due to the delayed completion of
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The plaque to the right of the entrance commemorating the first train from London to Birmingham
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An 1839 drawing of Curzon Street, showing the planned flanking arches, which were never built
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depot; this was demolished in May 2006. For a time, the site was largely used as a car park.
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Located only half a mile to the west of the preceding station, New Street was completed in
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for the scheduled passenger trains of both companies to major destinations such as London,
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surrounding buildings having been demolished. However, these plans were superseded by the
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of 7 June 1900 carried advertisement for sale of contents upon expiry of tenancy
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Rear of station building, across former freight depot (now car park), with
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office space that will be used by HS2 Ltd, Birmingham City University, and
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1838 drawing of the rear of the station's platforms while in operation.
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The construction of the station, which was originally known simply as
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map showing railways in the vicinity of Curzon Street (upper centre)
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valley had been completed along with their side of the station.
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During November 1852, the name of the station was changed from
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Civil Engineering Heritage: Wales and West Central England
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Elevated view of Curzon Street Goods Depot, September 2005
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Art museums and galleries in Birmingham, West Midlands
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Rail Around Birmingham: Curzon Street railway station
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Curzon Street station continued to be used into the
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Former railway station in Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Index

Birmingham Curzon Street railway station

Birmingham
52°28′53″N 1°53′07″W / 52.4815°N 1.8853°W / 52.4815; -1.8853
Grid reference
SP078870
London and Birmingham Railway
London and North Western Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
railway station
Birmingham
London and Birmingham Railway
Grand Junction Railway
London
terminus
Manchester
Liverpool
London and North Western Railway
Birmingham New Street
goods station
British Rail
Grade I listed
Birmingham Curzon Street railway station
High Speed 2
London and Birmingham Railway
Grand Junction Railway
train shed
wrought iron
Ionic
Doric

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