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Originally a single line, the station included a runaround loop, with a turntable (removed in 1942) at the head. It originally had only one platform. The platform was extended in 1897 to cope with the additional traffic. In 1897 an additional siding was also put in to meet the demands for local
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and was located just off Station Road. Although for twenty years the line was in the hands of the receiver, passenger traffic rose from six trains a day each way during the week, to twenty a day in 1897, and twenty-nine by 1910.
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freight traffic. The cattle pens were demolished and the coal offices removed to another part of the wharf. A second platform was added next to the loop in 1901, however, with the introduction of the
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it was rarely used and was removed in 1911, with carriage sidings in its place. There was a footbridge from the station, built in 1908 to the newly developed Harborne Estates.
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The station closed to passenger traffic in 1934, though it was open to goods traffic until 1963. The last train was operated by the
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There is no evidence of the station on the ground today, and the station site is in use by both industry and housing.
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in 1874. In addition to the passenger facilities, there was a goods shed and sidings.
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An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations
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A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The West Midlands
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This article about a West Midlands building or structure is a
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to commemorate the closure of the station on 4 November 1963.
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It was the terminus of the Harborne Railway, serving the
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Disused railway stations in Birmingham, West Midlands
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Harborne
Birmingham
52°27′36″N 1°57′07″W / 52.4600°N 1.9519°W / 52.4600; -1.9519
Grid reference
SP033846
Harborne Railway
London and North Western Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
railway station
England
Harborne Railway
London and North Western Railway
Harborne
Birmingham
Birmingham Corporation Tramways
grouping
London Midland and Scottish Railway
Stephenson Locomotive Society
Harborne Railway
Harborne Branch Line
Hagley Road
Harborne Railway


"Harborne Station"
ISBN
9781852605087
OCLC
832733511

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